HD Hyundai Oilbank launches dedicated EV lubricant

HD Hyundai Oilbank launches dedicated EV lubricant

South Korea’s HD Hyundai Oilbank said on Thursday that it launched a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) lubricant brand the Hyundai XTeer EVF...

Hyundai's Kona included on French EV subsidy eligibility list

 Hyundai's Kona included on French EV subsidy eligibility list

Hyundai Motor Co.'s sports utility vehicle Kona is the only Korean EV included on a list of 78 electric vehicle models eligible for French subsidies...

Carmakers to expand affordable EV, hybrid lineups in Korea

Carmakers to expand affordable EV, hybrid lineups in Korea

Carmakers in South Korea are slated to unveil new electric vehicle models at cheaper prices next year to revive the sputtering EV market and also ro...

POSCO International foresees record-high profits for 2023

POSCO International foresees record-high profits for 2023

POSCO International Corp., a South Korean general trading and energy exploration company, is expected to post its highest-ever profits this year tha...

Kia EV9 selected safest car in Europe

Kia EV9 selected safest car in Europe

Kia EV9, the flagship large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker Kia Corp., received five stars in the Eu...

Genesis GV60 named best SUV in China

Genesis GV60 named best SUV in China

Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis announced on Wednesday that its luxury mid-sized electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) GV60 was selected a...

POSCO completes construction of Korea’s 1st lithium hydroxide plant

POSCO completes construction of Korea’s 1st lithium hydroxide plant

POSCO Holdings Inc., the investment and holding company of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO, said on Wednesday it has completed the constructio...

Dongkuk CM develops world's first recycled color-coated steel sheets

Dongkuk CM develops world's first recycled color-coated steel sheets

Dongkuk Coated Metal Co. (Dongkuk CM), a cold-rolled steel subsidiary of Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., announced on Wednesday that it has succeeded in dev...

Iljin Electric bags $333 mn high-voltage transformer deal in US

Iljin Electric bags $333 mn high-voltage transformer deal in US

Iljin Electric Co. has won its largest-ever 431.8 billion won ($333.2 billion) order to supply high-voltage transformers to a US energy company, the...

SK Group to buy 537 GWh green power from SK E&S

SK Group to buy 537 GWh green power from SK E&S

South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group is accelerating its net zero transition with its affiliates agreeing to buy 537 gigawatts h...

Hyundai Kona Electric beats Honda in German test

Hyundai Kona Electric beats Honda in German test

Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Friday that its best-selling electric vehicle (EV) compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) Kona Electric received higher...

World’s first test driving hydrogen train succeeds in Ulsan

World’s first test driving hydrogen train succeeds in Ulsan

The world's first test driving hydrogen-electric tram succeeded in Ulsan, South Korea. According to Ulsan Metropolitan Government officials, th...

Kyung Dong Navien enters into US boiler market

Kyung Dong Navien enters into US boiler market

South Korea's heating systems manufacturer Kyung Dong Navien Co. announced on Thursday it shipped its first "Condensing Hydro Furnace" to the US mar...

HD Hyundai opens Electrification Center

HD Hyundai opens Electrification Center

South Korea's HD Hyundai Group new opened on Monday HD Hyundai Electrification Center at the HD Hyundai Global R&D Center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi ...

Used electric vehicle prices drop in Korea with declining EV appeal

Used electric vehicle prices drop in Korea with declining EV appeal

Prices of secondhand electric vehicles are falling in South Korea as drivers are increasingly less enchanted with eco-friendly vehicles due to weak ...

Hyundai Motor, Kia's US electric vehicle sales at record-high in October

Hyundai Motor, Kia's US electric vehicle sales at record-high in October

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group set a historic sales record in the US electric vehicle market, posting its best-ever performance in October. The a...

HD Hyundai develops electric propulsion system for large ships

HD Hyundai develops electric propulsion system for large ships

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. have secured Approval in Principle (AIP) from the UK's Lloyd's ...

HD Hyundai Infracore to develop truck battery packs

HD Hyundai Infracore to develop truck battery packs

South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. plans to enter the electric commercial vehicle market through the development of truck batteries.The company ...

LG Chem to supply cathode materials to Toyota's N.American plant

LG Chem to supply cathode materials to Toyota's N.American plant

LG Chem Ltd. will supply cathode materials to Toyota Motor's North American battery plant, with the South Korean company concluding its second long-...

Hyundai, Iveco solidify partnership with E-WAY H2 hydrogen fuel cell bus

Hyundai, Iveco solidify partnership with E-WAY H2 hydrogen fuel cell bus

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and Italian truck maker Iveco Group N.V. have consolidated their business partnership through th...

KEPCO's new CEO heralds electricity rate hikes, drastic reforms

KEPCO's new CEO heralds electricity rate hikes, drastic reforms

South Korea’s near-monopoly power company Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is expected to raise electricity rates and lessen its outsized re...

KG Mobility unveils Torres EVX, electric version of its popular SUV

 KG Mobility unveils Torres EVX, electric version of its popular SUV

KG Mobility Corp., formerly Ssangyong Motor Co., on Wednesday unveiled its much-anticipated electric vehicle (EV), the Torres EVX. The Torres model,...

Hankook Tire to supply tires for BYD's electric truck

Hankook Tire to supply tires for BYD's electric truck

Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Thursday that it will supply the Hankook RA08, a tire for a small truck to China's BYD 1-ton electric tru...

POSCO seeks partnership with CF Industries to produce blue ammonia

POSCO seeks partnership with CF Industries to produce blue ammonia

South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. is seeking to produce blue ammonia in partnership with CF Industries Holdings Inc., the world’s larges...

HD Hyundai Electric wins $51 mn deal to power Neom megacity

HD Hyundai Electric wins $51 mn deal to power Neom megacity

HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has won a...

High price, quality issues slow Kia EV9 sales in Korea

High price, quality issues slow Kia EV9 sales in Korea

Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is struggling to sell its flagship large all-electric sport utility vehicle EV9 at home as high pric...

SK Enmove CEO sees future of lubricants in electric cars

SK Enmove CEO sees future of lubricants in electric cars

South Korea’s lubricating oil maker SK Enmove Co. is setting its sights on electric vehicle lubricants and liquid coolants for thermal managem...

Korean firms fret over growing adoption of Chinese LFP batteries

Korean firms fret over growing adoption of Chinese LFP batteries

South Korea’s three major battery makers – LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On Co. and Samsung SDI CO. – are increasingly anxious about...

Kia unveils design of EV5, its first China-made global electric car

Kia unveils design of EV5, its first China-made global electric car

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Friday unveiled the design of the EV5, its first China-made all-electric vehicle that th...

Cuckoo Electronics' duty-free sales in July surge by 592%

Cuckoo Electronics' duty-free sales in July surge by 592%

South Korea's Cuckoo Electronics Co. announced on Friday that its duty-free sales in July increased by 592.6% compared to the same period last year,...

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