Korean battery players LG, Samsung, SK sweep US EV tax credits

Korean battery players LG, Samsung, SK sweep US EV tax credits

It has long been talked about and finally confirmed: South Korean battery companies are well-placed to benefit from the strengthened requirements of...

Innocean to cooperate domestic EV charging company for marketing

Innocean to cooperate domestic EV charging company for marketing

Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with EV...

LG Chairman to refine strategy for EV battery production

LG Chairman to refine strategy for EV battery production

Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, visited a cathode plant on Monday to review supply chains for the batt...

Seoul Semiconductor's Sunlike LED is installed in Volvo's new EV

Seoul Semiconductor's Sunlike LED is installed in Volvo's new EV

Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd., a South Korean LED light manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that Volvo's new electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) EX9...

Hyundai, Kia surpass 100,000 global EV sales in Q1

Hyundai, Kia surpass 100,000 global EV sales in Q1

Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicle (EV) sales have exceeded 100,000 units in the first quarter of this year, driven by the strong sales of its f...

Indonesia’s slashed EV tax to boost Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 sales

Indonesia’s slashed EV tax to boost Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 sales

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is expected to enhance its presence in Indonesia, which has drastically reduced its value-added ...

Hyundai launches second-generation Kona EV, 417km on a single charge

Hyundai launches second-generation Kona EV, 417km on a single charge

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it launches the second-generation Kona EV, also known as the The All-New Kona Electric.The Kona Electri...

Tesla Korea’s profit, sales fall on new subsidy plans, lack of models

Tesla Korea’s profit, sales fall on new subsidy plans, lack of models

Tesla Inc.’s South Korean business has been worsening in recent months due to the lack of new models launched in the country amid Seoul’...

POSCO, Honda to cooperate in EV material business

POSCO, Honda to cooperate in EV material business

South Korea's POSCO Group and Japan's Honda Motor signed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Tuesday to expand cooperation in the e...

LS Group' corporate value soars as EV battery market grows

LS Group' corporate value soars as EV battery market grows

LS Corp., a holding company of South Korea's LS Group, has seen its enterprise value swell by nearly 1 trillion won ($760 million) over the past yea...

Hyundai to spend $18 bn on EVs; Kia breaks ground on first PBV plant

Hyundai to spend $18 bn on EVs; Kia breaks ground on first PBV plant

South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled its 2030 vision to become one of the world’s top three electric vehicle...

Hankook Tire's iON evo tops Auto Bild's electric car tire test

Hankook Tire's iON evo tops Auto Bild's electric car tire test

Korean tire manufacturer Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Friday that its electric vehicle-dedicated high-performance tire, the iON evo, h...

KG Mobility focuses on electric vehicle platform, self-driving tech

KG Mobility focuses on electric vehicle platform, self-driving tech

South Korea's KG Mobility (formerly Ssangyong Motor Co.) says it will actively target not only Europe and the US but also niche markets in emerging ...

Hyundai’s Chung urges US operations to double down after record Q1

Hyundai’s Chung urges US operations to double down after record Q1

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun on Tuesday urged its US operations to work harder after its two automaking units, Hyundai Motor Co. and Ki...

Time for South Korea's answer to the US battery subsidy act

Time for South Korea's answer to the US battery subsidy act

The latest guidelines on US subsidies for electric vehicles under the Inflation Reduction Act come as a relief in every sense to South Korean batter...

LG Energy tops global EV battery market excluding China

LG Energy tops global EV battery market excluding China

South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in January and February maintained its No. 1 position on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries...

S.Korea's K2 tanks undergo first live fire test in Poland

S.Korea's K2 tanks undergo first live fire test in Poland

South Korea's main battle tank K2 Balck Panther and K-9 self-propelled howitzers will undergo live-fire test at the Oziši training ground in ...

Korean battery firms seek benefits from US EV incentive details

Korean battery firms seek benefits from US EV incentive details

South Korea’s battery industry has high hopes for details on requirements for US tax credits on electric vehicles to be announced this week as...

LS Group completes nickel sulfate plant for EV batteries

 LS Group completes nickel sulfate plant for EV batteries

South Korea’s LS Group said on Monday it has completed construction of a new plant to produce nickel sulfate, a key raw material for next-gene...

Korea’s LG Elec, POSCO Future M receive GM supplier awards

Korea’s LG Elec, POSCO Future M receive GM supplier awards

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and POSCO Future M said on Sunday that they won annual supplier awards from US top automaker General Motors ...

EV fast-charging company Crocus succeeds in $5 mn Series B funding

EV fast-charging company Crocus succeeds in $5 mn Series B funding

Crocus Inc., a South Korean startup focused on energy infrastructure and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), announced on Wednesday that it rai...

LS E-Link partners with Logen to boost EV charging

LS E-Link partners with Logen to boost EV charging

LS E-Link, a new corporation of South Korea's LS Group that specializes in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and operation, has signed a...

Trouble with EV charging? Help is just a click away with Hyundai

Trouble with EV charging? Help is just a click away with Hyundai

Having trouble charging your electric vehicle at a charging station?With Hyundai Motor Co.'s automatic EV charging robot, help is just a click away....

Hyundai Motor, Kia to research EV energy with three universities

Hyundai Motor, Kia to research EV energy with three universities

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. will form a research ecosystem for sustainable electric vehicle (EV) energy with Seoul National University, Chung-An...

Korea EV cell makers unveil new products to expand market

Korea EV cell makers unveil new products to expand market

South Korea’s electric vehicle battery makers on Wednesday unveiled prototypes of new products, especially lithium iron phosphate (LFP) models...

LS Electric unveils innovative solutions at Korea, Japan energy exhibitions

LS Electric unveils innovative solutions at Korea, Japan energy exhibitions

LS Electric Co., Ltd., an industrial electric solutions company from South Korea, is set to showcase innovative solutions at smart energy exhibition...

Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity

Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity

South Korea’s top tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. shut down a local production complex on Sunday due to a fire, stoking concerns ...

SK Networks renames its EV charger unit to SK Electlink

SK Networks renames its EV charger unit to SK Electlink

SK Networks Co., the general trading and rental arm of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group, said on Monday that it has changed t...

Dayou A-Tech completes building EV seat production facility

Dayou A-Tech completes building EV seat production facility

Dayou A-Tech Co., a South Korean car seat manufacturer under the Dayou Winia Group, announced on Thursday that it has built a seat production facili...

Hyundai eyes greater SUV market share with new Kona EV

Hyundai eyes greater SUV market share with new Kona EV

Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled the all-new Kona Electric, its first fully revamped compact sport utility vehicle in five years, as the top So...

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