Recycled plastic in growing demand as Korean firms pursue ESG business

Recycled plastic in growing demand as Korean firms pursue ESG business

Plastic recyclers have known for years that there is money to be made in plastic waste. And the stakes are high these days as the prices of recycled...

SK Innovation to supply batteries to Hyundai IONIQ 7

SK Innovation to supply batteries to Hyundai IONIQ 7

SK Innovation Co. is set to supply batteries for the IONIQ 7, Hyundai Motor Co.’s large electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) to be unveiled in...

Hyundai Motor to start hydrogen popularization in 2040

Hyundai Motor to start hydrogen popularization in 2040

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s fifth-largest automaker, declared to make 2040 the first year of hydrogen energy popularizationThe group was ...

Hyundai considers EV version of Santa Cruz pickup in US market

Hyundai considers EV version of Santa Cruz pickup in US market

Hyundai Motor Co. plans to roll out an electric version of the Santa Cruz pickup, the South Korea automaker’s first model for the American mar...

Hyundai Heavy IPO creates largest shipbuilder on Kospi

Hyundai Heavy IPO creates largest shipbuilder on Kospi

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. successfully went public on Sept. 17 by closing at almost double its IPO price. The stock price closed at 111,500 won (...

Korean EV startup makes highest bid for Ssangyong Motor

Korean EV startup makes highest bid for Ssangyong Motor

South Korea's electric vehicle and battery startup EL B&T has offered the highest price of around 500 billion won ($430 million) for debt-laden ...

Hyundai, LG Energy break ground on $1.1 bn Indonesia battery plant

Hyundai, LG Energy break ground on $1.1 bn Indonesia battery plant

Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. have begun construction of a $1.1 billion battery cell plant in Indonesia as the two South Korean comp...

Hydrogen yet to boost Hyundai, Kia stocks

Hydrogen yet to boost Hyundai, Kia stocks

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s top two automakers, remained sluggish in the local stock market despite their hydrogen industry...

Hyundai mulls robot dog Spot for facility inspector job

Hyundai mulls robot dog Spot for facility inspector job

South Korea's largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is considering employing Spot, the four-legged robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc., in its ...

Hyundai Heavy becomes third-most subscribed Korean IPO

Hyundai Heavy becomes third-most subscribed Korean IPO

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. became the third-most subscribed stock in South Korea after its initial public offering drew 1,130 trillion won ($968 b...

Hyundai Motor’s Chung Euisun: Vision 2040 for hydrogen society

Hyundai Motor’s Chung Euisun: Vision 2040 for hydrogen society

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group has set out its vision for a hydrogen society, in which the clean energy source is harnessed not just for tr...

Hyundai Motor vows carbon neutrality by 2045

Hyundai Motor vows carbon neutrality by 2045

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 as global automakers are going for broke to accompl...

Hyundai Glovis inks gas shipping deal with Trafigura

Hyundai Glovis inks gas shipping deal with Trafigura

South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. has inked a deal with global commodities trader Trafigura to transport gas and ammonia as part of its longer-...

Genesis goes green as Hyundai Motor accelerates EV push

Genesis goes green as Hyundai Motor accelerates EV push

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled its vision for a sustainable future, in which all its new vehicles under th...

Hyundai to step up push into eco-friendly ships with IPO

Hyundai to step up push into eco-friendly ships with IPO

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. plans to spend 70% of the proceeds from its initial public offering on the Korea Exchange, or about 760 billion won ($6...

Hyundai Motor develops Roblox virtual mobility experience game

Hyundai Motor develops Roblox virtual mobility experience game

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has developed an interactive metaverse game to be played on its online entertainment platform Ro...

Hyundai Heavy, Babcock join forces for Korea’s first aircraft carrier

Hyundai Heavy, Babcock join forces for Korea’s first aircraft carrier

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. teamed up with British engineering company Babcock International to develop South Korea’s first aircraft carrier....

Hyundai Motor, Motional unveil IONIQ 5 self-driving robotaxi

Hyundai Motor, Motional unveil IONIQ 5 self-driving robotaxi

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its US mobility joint venture Motional Inc. on Tuesday unveiled their first autonomous robot...

Chinese, Korean carmakers penetrate Japanese-dominated Indonesia

Chinese, Korean carmakers penetrate Japanese-dominated Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Co. is set to start producing automobiles in Indonesia around the end of this year to attract drivers in the Southeast Asia’s ...

Korea’s hydrogen council to launch Sept. 8; Hyundai to unveil new tech

Korea’s hydrogen council to launch Sept. 8; Hyundai to unveil new tech

The South Korean version of the Hydrogen Council, a global CEO-led initiative to harness the clean energy source, will officially launch on Sept. 8 ...

Hyundai Oilbank to make hydrogen fuel cell components from 2023

Hyundai Oilbank to make hydrogen fuel cell components from 2023

Hyundai Oilbank Co. will enter the hydrogen fuel cell components market by building separator production plants within this year with commercializat...

Hyundai Engineering wins $256 mn order to revamp Thai IRPC refinery

Hyundai Engineering wins $256 mn order to revamp Thai IRPC refinery

South Korea’s construction company Hyundai Engineering Co. won a $256 million order from IRPC Pcl. to upgrade its refinery, allowing the Thai ...

Carmaker stocks hit speed bump of chip shortage, Delta variant

Carmaker stocks hit speed bump of chip shortage, Delta variant

Shares in global carmakers such as Hyundai Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. are tumbling. The automotive chip shortage is expected to deteriorate fu...

Hyundai Mobis to invest $1.1 bn to make hydrogen fuel cells

Hyundai Mobis to invest $1.1 bn to make hydrogen fuel cells

Hyundai Motor Group’s long-term ambition to create a full-fledged hydrogen value chain, from fuel cell production to hydrogen-powered logist...

Hyundai Motor previews Genesis GV60, its first electric luxury CUV

Hyundai Motor previews Genesis GV60, its first electric luxury CUV

Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled the design of the GV60, the luxury Genesis brand’s first electric vehicle that sits on the E-GMP, the...

S.Korean firms start training AI professionals to address talent shortage

S.Korean firms start training AI professionals to address talent shortage

South Korea’s major business groups have started to foster their own talents in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) to address the widen...

Affinity exits Hyundai Card, sells stake to Hyundai Commercial, Fubon

Affinity exits Hyundai Card, sells stake to Hyundai Commercial, Fubon

Affinity Equity Partners, a global private equity firm, and its financial partners have exited from their investment in Hyundai Card Co. by selling ...

Hyundai to delay launch of IONIQ 6 for redesign, longer mileage

Hyundai to delay launch of IONIQ 6 for redesign, longer mileage

Hyundai Motor Co. will delay the much-anticipated launch of the IONIQ 6, the top South Korean automaker’s second all-electric vehicle on an ex...

IMM puts Hyundai LNG Shipping on sale

IMM puts Hyundai LNG Shipping on sale

IMM put Hyundai LNG Shipping, South Korea’s top liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker operator, on sale in a predicted $1.7 billion deal.IMM Priv...

Hyundai Heavy to reposition as tech platform for vessels

Hyundai Heavy to reposition as tech platform for vessels

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group is making big steps forward to transform itself as a platform business in the global shipbuilding sector. According t...

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