Samsung SDI in talks with global automaker for battery joint venture

Samsung SDI in talks with global automaker for battery joint venture

South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. is in talks with a global automaker to launch a battery production joint venture following its partnership last ...

Hyundai Rotem to mass produce hydrogen extractors

Hyundai Rotem to mass produce hydrogen extractors

South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem is set to start in February mass production of hydrogen extractors that derive hydrogen from natural gas as it aim...

SKC co-invests $80 mn in battery materials maker Nexeon

SKC co-invests $80 mn in battery materials maker Nexeon

Chemical materials producer SKC Co. said on Jan. 26 its consortium has completed an $80 million investment in UK battery materials startup Nexeon ...

One in 10 Koreans rushes for LG Energy shares ahead of $8.6 billion IPO

One in 10 Koreans rushes for LG Energy shares ahead of $8.6 billion IPO

The world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. has set a new record for initial public offering demand, wit...

2022 Mercedes EQS EV comes with LG's flexible OLED

2022 Mercedes EQS EV comes with LG's flexible OLED

The 2022 models of Mercedes-Benz AG's electric vehicle EQS will be equipped with infotainment systems co-developed with LG Electronics Inc., the Sou...

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor’s Alabama plant: World’s second most productive

Hyundai Motor Co.'s US manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama is the world’s second most productive assembly plant, contributing to the So...

Kospi short sales hit $639 mn amid rate hike woes

Kospi short sales hit $639 mn amid rate hike woes

Short selling on the Korean stock market is soaring rapidly on concerns over the US Fed Reserve’s interest rate hike. Particularly, a large ...

Hyundai Motor beats Honda in US for the first time in its 35 years there

Hyundai Motor beats Honda in US for the first time in its 35 years there

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group beat Japanese rival Honda Motor Co. in the US last year, for the first time in its 35 years of...

Hyundai revs up shares in Korean EV parts makers

Hyundai revs up shares in Korean EV parts makers

South Korea's electric vehicle components market is heating up as top automaker Hyundai Motor Group accelerates its transformation into an EV manu...

Hyundai Motor closes engine development division

Hyundai Motor closes engine development division

Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, will stop developing new internal combustion engines in order to accelerate its transformati...

SK Group’s Chey rebuts FTC charges of unfair business practice

SK Group’s Chey rebuts FTC charges of unfair business practice

South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has imposed a fine of 1.6 billion won ($1.3 million) on SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and the conglomerat...

Hyundai Oilbank to build LNG-hydrogen power plant for $335 mn

Hyundai Oilbank to build LNG-hydrogen power plant for $335 mn

South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to build an eco-friendly power plant fueled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) and blue hydrogen to mee...

China’s CSI, KRX to launch co-developed stock indices

China’s CSI, KRX to launch co-developed stock indices

China Securities Index Co. (CSI) and the Korea Exchange (KRX) are set to unveil three stock indices jointly developed for the first time on Dec. 20,...

Hyundai Motor to launch six EV models in India by 2028

Hyundai Motor to launch six EV models in India by 2028

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. will spend 40 billion rupees ($530 million) on research and development to launch six electric vehicle models in Ind...

POSCO International signs parts supply deal with US EV startup Rivian

POSCO International signs parts supply deal with US EV startup Rivian

POSCO International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO, said on Thursday it has signed a $6 million contract to supply...

Korea Post to select GPs for €200 mn real estate fund

Korea Post to select GPs for €200 mn real estate fund

Korea Post, South Korea's state-run postal service agency, said its savings arm will select two asset managers of an open-end commingled blind poo...

Hyundai launches electrified GV70’s global premiere in China to boost sales

Hyundai launches electrified GV70’s global premiere in China to boost sales

Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled an electric variant of the GV70, a premium SUV under its standalone Genesis brand, for the first time globally at a C...

Kia to go EV-only in Europe by 2035, teases EV9 SUV concept

Kia to go EV-only in Europe by 2035, teases EV9 SUV concept

Kia Corp., the automaking unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Thursday it will only sell electric and fuel cell vehicles in Eur...

POSCO Chem's rise from brickworks to EV materials leader

POSCO Chem's rise from brickworks to EV materials leader

POHANG, South Korea - When POSCO Chemical Co., better known as a refractory brick manufacturer until the early 1990s, announced its entry into the a...

Hyundai mulls reentry into Japan with EVs, FCEVs

Hyundai mulls reentry into Japan with EVs, FCEVs

Hyundai Motor Co. is considering a return to Japan with electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles after South Korea’s top carmaker r...

LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola

LG Energy Solution to supply batteries to US fuel cell truck maker Nikola

LG Energy Solution Ltd., a leading South Korean battery maker, has signed a deal to supply batteries to Nikola Corp., a US hydrogen fuel cell electr...

Hyundai Motor to produce EVs in US from 2022

Hyundai Motor to produce EVs in US from 2022

Hyundai Motor Co. will be bringing forward the production of its electric vehicles in the US to next year, starting with the SUV model GV70, as the ...

Hyundai, Kia invest in US solid-state battery startup Factorial

Hyundai, Kia invest in US solid-state battery startup Factorial

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. invested in US solid-state battery startup Factorial Energy in a move to secure various technologies for the next-ge...

LG Group's No. 2 exec Kwon to head EV battery unit

LG Group's No. 2 exec Kwon to head EV battery unit

Kwon Young-soo, the No. 2 leader of South Korea's LG Group, will be appointed as the chief executive officer of LG Energy Solution Ltd. next month, ...

Hyundai to target Southeast Asia EV market from Indonesia

Hyundai to target Southeast Asia EV market from Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Euisun has declared that the world’s fifth-largest carmaker will target the electric vehicle market in Sout...

Edison-led consortium named preferred buyer of Ssangyong Motor

Edison-led consortium named preferred buyer of Ssangyong Motor

A consortium led by electric bus maker Edison Motors Co. has been named the preferred buyer of South Korea’s troubled sport utility vehicle ma...

Enchem raises IPO price by a record 20% on strong investor demand

Enchem raises IPO price by a record 20% on strong investor demand

South Korea’s Enchem Co., which is working to list its shares on the Kosdaq market, has decided to raise its initial public offering price by ...

LG Energy, Stellantis to launch $3.4 billion EV battery JV in US

LG Energy, Stellantis to launch $3.4 billion EV battery JV in US

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and multinational automaker Stellantis N.V. are launching a 4 trillion won ($3.4 billion) joint venture ...

Race to produce high-nickel batteries accelerates

Race to produce high-nickel batteries accelerates

South Korea's top three electric vehicle battery makers -- LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On and Samsung SDI Co. -- are gearing up for full-scale produ...

Plug-in hybrids a dying breed as carmakers favor battery EVs

Plug-in hybrids a dying breed as carmakers favor battery EVs

A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) was once touted as the next-generation automobile technology as such models carry the strengths of both a c...

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