Hyundai Motor partners with Japanese culture content firm for EV sales

Hyundai Motor partners with Japanese culture content firm for EV sales

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and Japanese lifestyle content company Culture Convenience Club (CCC) on Thursday announced a strategic par...

HD Hyundai showcases its future green vessel tech in Vietnam

HD Hyundai showcases its future green vessel tech in Vietnam

South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. on Thursday said its CEO Chung Ki-sun visited the affiliate Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding in the central Vietnamese prov...

Renault to build new EV plant at its Korean base in Busan

Renault to build new EV plant at its Korean base in Busan

BUSAN – French automaker Renault S.A. will build a new electric vehicle manufacturing plant in South Korea to meet growing demand for eco-frie...

POSCO, CNGR to build $1.2 bn battery materials plants in Korea

POSCO, CNGR to build $1.2 bn battery materials plants in Korea

South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group and China’s CNGR Advanced Material Co. have agreed to spend 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) on sec...

EU’s new battery act comes with caveats; headache for Samsung, Apple

EU’s new battery act comes with caveats; headache for Samsung, Apple

The European Union’s decision to go greener with batteries that cut carbon emissions and promote recycling comes with a few caveats, posing a ...

Hyundai Motor, Kia regain top spot in Vietnam's auto market

Hyundai Motor, Kia regain top spot in Vietnam's auto market

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are solidifying their dominance in the Vietnamese car market through the launch of new models and competitive lineup...

Hyundai Transys unveils future UAM indoor design

Hyundai Transys unveils future UAM indoor design

South Korean auto powertrain and seat maker Hyundai Transys on Tuesday said it unveiled its new urban air mobility (UAM) cabin concept Hyundai Trans...

Lotte Rental CEO becomes first owner of Kia EV9

Lotte Rental CEO becomes first owner of Kia EV9

The first owner of Kia Corp.'s EV9 large electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) is Mr. Choi Jin-hwan, President and CEO of Lotte Rental, South Korea'...

Hyundai Motor Way: New strategy to accelerate EV push

Hyundai Motor Way: New strategy to accelerate EV push

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday set out its vision to become a top-tier eco-friendly auto brand by accelerating its...

Battery materials firms revive Korean cities with new plants

Battery materials firms revive Korean cities with new plants

As South Korean battery materials companies such as LG Chem Ltd., POSCO Future M Co. and EcoPro Co. aggressively step up facility investment, they a...

Tmap Mobility to launch EV charging delivery service

Tmap Mobility to launch EV charging delivery service

South Korean navigation app company Tmap Mobility announced on Tuesday that it will launch a mobile electric vehicle (EV) charging delivery service ...

LG Energy selects 10 promising global startups in battery area

LG Energy selects 10 promising global startups in battery area

South Korea's battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Tuesday that it will strengthen collaboration with global startups with high growth...

HD Hyundai Oilbank develops recycled plastic containers

HD Hyundai Oilbank develops recycled plastic containers

South Korea's petroleum and refinery company HD Hyundai Oilbank Co. has jointly developed a container using recycled plastic with domestic plastic c...

LG to slim down petrochem as Chinese rivals creep up

LG to slim down petrochem as Chinese rivals creep up

South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. is speeding up restructuring efforts to sell or downsize uncompetitive businesses, with an aim to focus on three gr...

Hyundai, KTC jointly open EV charging quality assurance center

Hyundai, KTC jointly open EV charging quality assurance center

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Monday that it held an opening ceremony for the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Quality Verification Cente...

Hyundai Motor's Genesis delivers Korean luxury to Europe

Hyundai Motor's Genesis delivers Korean luxury to Europe

MUNICH – It is always challenging to bring a lesser-known car marque to Europe, home to well-established, globally known brands such as Merced...

S.Korea's Daesang acquires US food company Lucky Foods

S.Korea's Daesang acquires US food company Lucky Foods

Daesang Corporation, a South Korean manufacturer of food and pharmaceutical ingredients, announced on Monday that it has acquired the US food compan...

LG Chem to sell $1.6 bn stake in LG Energy to foreign investors

LG Chem to sell $1.6 bn stake in LG Energy to foreign investors

South Korea’s leading chemicals company LG Chem Ltd. is slated to secure about 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) by selling a minority stake in it...

Hyundai Glovis acquires logistics automation SW company Altiall

Hyundai Glovis acquires logistics automation SW company Altiall

South Korea's leading logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Monday that it has signed a stock purchase agreement related to the acquisit...

POSCO to raise steel plant safety with robots

POSCO to raise steel plant safety with robots

POSCO Research Institute, a think tank under South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO Group, on Sunday said it signed an agreement with Withrobot an...

POSCO-led consortium wins $6.7 bn green hydrogen deal from Oman

POSCO-led consortium wins $6.7 bn green hydrogen deal from Oman

A consortium led by South Korean steelmaker POSCO Group won a $6.7 billion deal to build the world’s largest green hydrogen plant in Duqm, a p...

Rolls-Royce unveils its first all-electric model, Spectre, in Seoul

Rolls-Royce unveils its first all-electric model, Spectre, in Seoul

Rolls-Royce has unveiled Spectre, the brand's first all-electric model, on Friday in Seoul for the first time in the Asia-Pacific region.The exterio...

S.Korea’s Enchem to build lithium salt plant in Saemangeum

S.Korea’s Enchem to build lithium salt plant in Saemangeum

Enchem Co., South Korea’s top electrolyte manufacturer, on Thursday announced the investment of 600.5 billion won ($473.5 million) to build ...

SK Signet to launch Tesla-compatible EV chargers in 2023

SK Signet to launch Tesla-compatible EV chargers in 2023

SK Signet Inc., an affiliate of South Korea's SK Group that makes and sells electric vehicle (EV) chargers, announced plans on Wednesday to release ...

Hyundai invests $781 mn in startups to drive future innovation growth

Hyundai invests $781 mn in startups to drive future innovation growth

Hyundai Motor Group's open innovation investment in domestic and foreign startups in fields like mobility and artificial intelligence (AI) has excee...

HD Hyundai to participate in Ukraine reconstruction project

HD Hyundai to participate in Ukraine reconstruction project

South Korea's HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Co., the industrial affiliate of HD Hyundai Co., said on Thursday that it held discussions with Ukra...

LG, Samsung showcase new battery packs at InterBattery Europe 2023

LG, Samsung showcase new battery packs at InterBattery Europe 2023

MUNICH – South Korea’s two leading battery makers – LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Samsung SDI Co. – on Wednesday unveiled low-...

Korea’s Samyang opens $22 mn surgical suture plant in Hungary

Korea’s Samyang opens $22 mn surgical suture plant in Hungary

Samyang Holdings Corp., the world’s top biodegradable suture yarn manufacturer, completed the construction of a 28 billion won ($21.9 million)...

Hyundai Rotem reveals actual product of hydrogen-powered train

Hyundai Rotem reveals actual product of hydrogen-powered train

Hyundai Rotem, a South Korean railway system maker under Hyundai Motor Group, participated in the largest domestic railway exhibition to showcase ad...

Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding’s cumulative orders near 200 vessels

Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding’s cumulative orders near 200 vessels

Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding Co., a unit of South Korean shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai, announced on Wednesday th...

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