South Korea steps on accelerator for record 2024 car exports

South Korea steps on accelerator for record 2024 car exports

ASAN, South Chungcheong Province – At Hyundai Motor Co.'s manufacturing plant in Asan, over 60 km south of Seoul, thousands of robots were bus...

Hyundai, Indonesia discuss hydrogen, EV cooperation

Hyundai, Indonesia discuss hydrogen, EV cooperation

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun has discussed cooperation on hydrogen-fueled cars and electric vehicles (EVs) with the Indonesian economy ...

SK Signet to supply EV chargers to Gilbarco

SK Signet to supply EV chargers to Gilbarco

SK Signet Inc., South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer, announced on Thursday that it partnered with Gilbarco Veeder-Root, the wor...

Hyundai Glovis to build waste battery management in Jeju

Hyundai Glovis to build waste battery management in Jeju

South Korea's Hyundai Glovis Co. will establish a management system for used electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Jeju Island. The company anno...

South Korea Plans $7 Billion Push to Pivot EV Battery Industry Away From China

South Korea Plans $7 Billion Push to Pivot EV Battery Industry Away From China

South Korea is dedicating around $7 billion to help wean its electric-vehicle battery supply chain away from China and align more with U.S. trade gu...

Kia unveils teaser images for all-electric EV3

Kia unveils teaser images for all-electric EV3

Kia Corp. the second-largest automaker in South Korea, unveiled the first teaser images and video of the upcoming third all-electric sports utility ...

Biden exempts graphite from EV mineral sourcing rule in win for Korea

Biden exempts graphite from EV mineral sourcing rule in win for Korea

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US government has given automakers additional flexibility on battery mineral requirements, allowing electric vehicles w...

Hyundai, Kia US car sales dip in April; EVs outperform

Hyundai, Kia US car sales dip in April; EVs outperform

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., under Hyundai Motor Group, suffered a drop in US car sales last month for a second month in a row, while rising sal...

Kakao joins hands with LG Uplus to enter EV charger market

Kakao joins hands with LG Uplus to enter EV charger market

Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing platform, is set to make inroads into the electric vehicle charging market by setting...

Honda, POSCO Future M to build cell materials plant in Canada

Honda, POSCO Future M to build cell materials plant in Canada

Japan’s Honda Motor Co. and South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. agreed to build a battery materials plant in Canada where the automaker wil...

Hyundai to produce hybrid cars at EV-only plant in US state of Georgia

Hyundai to produce hybrid cars at EV-only plant in US state of Georgia

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, plans to manufacture hybrid models at its electric vehicle and battery plant in the US state o...

Hyundai Motor ties up with CATL to reinvigorate China market with EVs

Hyundai Motor ties up with CATL to reinvigorate China market with EVs

BEIJING -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top carmaker, has joined hands with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), the leading global...

Hyundai Motor's Chung visits India amid talks of Indian arm's IPO

Hyundai Motor's Chung visits India amid talks of Indian arm's IPO

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman and Chief Executive Chung Euisun visited the headquarters of the group’s Indian operations earlier this week and ...

Hyundai Motor, Matrix Renewables in solar deal to power Georgia EV plant

Hyundai Motor, Matrix Renewables in solar deal to power Georgia EV plant

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Monday it has signed a 15-year power purchase contract with a US solar energy generati...

Korea's LX opens Hungary terminal for Europe EV, battery logistics

Korea's LX opens Hungary terminal for Europe EV, battery logistics

LX Pantos, one of the top logistics firms in South Korea, has launched a railway terminal in Hungary for the electric vehicle and battery logistics ...

LG Chem, Korea Zinc JV to mass-produce EV battery materials

LG Chem, Korea Zinc JV to mass-produce EV battery materials

A joint venture between LG Chem Ltd. and Korea Zinc Inc. is slated to start the mass production of precursor, a key electric vehicle battery materia...

Doosan, LG unveil automated EV charger served by robot

Doosan, LG unveil automated EV charger served by robot

Doosan Robotics Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. have jointly developed an automated electric vehicle charger served by a robot and launched its pilot o...

Hyundai Mobis to unveil crab-walking car in S.Korea

Hyundai Mobis to unveil crab-walking car in S.Korea

South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts supplier, announced on Thursday that it will participate in the 37th I...

Hyundai-Kia’s India-only EVs to run on Exide batteries

Hyundai-Kia’s India-only EVs to run on Exide batteries

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. will use lithium-ion phosphate (LFP) batteries that will be mass-produced by Indian battery maker Exide Energy Solut...

EVs in S.Korea exceed 500,000

EVs in S.Korea exceed 500,000

The cumulative number of electric vehicles (EVs) registered in South Korea exceeded 500,000 last year.The number of EV chargers supplied domesticall...

LG Energy, GM’s 2nd Ultium Cells plant begins production in Tennessee

LG Energy, GM’s 2nd Ultium Cells plant begins production in Tennessee

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Tuesday that the second plant of Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture ...

Hyundai Wia unveils EV manufacturing specialized solution

Hyundai Wia unveils EV manufacturing specialized solution

Hyundai Wia Corp., a South Korean automotive parts manufacturer, unveiled its Mobility Manufacturing Total Solution specialized for electric vehicle...

Solus Advanced Materials poised to lead EV copper foil market: CEO

Solus Advanced Materials poised to lead EV copper foil market: CEO

Solus Advanced Materials Co. is not a household name among ordinary electric vehicle drivers. But the South Korean company is a little giant to gl...

Hyundai, Red Sea Global agree on EV, AAM projects in Saudi luxury resorts

Hyundai, Red Sea Global agree on EV, AAM projects in Saudi luxury resorts

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Monday it has agreed with Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored developer Red Sea Globa...

Hyundai to nearly double ultra-fast EV chargers by 2024

Hyundai to nearly double ultra-fast EV chargers by 2024

Hyundai Motor Group is set to increase its ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers across South Korea from current 286 to 500 by next year, the auto gi...

Hyundai vows to cut costs, seek shift toward SDVs as EV uptake slows

Hyundai vows to cut costs, seek shift toward SDVs as EV uptake slows

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has vowed to sharpen its electric vehicle price competitiveness through tech advancement and eff...

LG Chem reshuffles R&D unit to turn into EV materials maker

LG Chem reshuffles R&D unit to turn into EV materials maker

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest petrochemical company, is strengthening its research & development capabilities as it aims to transfor...

EverCharge to install EV chargers at Oracle Park

EverCharge to install EV chargers at Oracle Park

South Korea’s SK E&S Co. announced on Sunday that its US-based electric vehicle (EV) charging subsidiary EverCharge Inc. will install hund...

SK On in talks with Nissan to supply batteries in US

SK On in talks with Nissan to supply batteries in US

South Korean rechargeable battery maker SK On Co. is in talks with Nissan Motor Co. to jointly produce battery cells for the Japanese carmaker in th...

Korea Zinc, LG Chem team up for US recycling business

Korea Zinc, LG Chem team up for US recycling business

Korea Zinc Inc., the leading global zinc and lead smelter, and LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top petrochemical producer, joined hands for the pl...

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