Hyundai Motor Company is responding to growing demand for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) by producing HEVs at its U.S. electric vehicle factory, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA), which is scheduled to go live in the fourth quarter of 2024.“We will begin to run HMGMA in October,” said L
LG Energy Solution recorded an operating loss in the first quarter of this year when excluding the advanced manufacturing production credit (AMPC) from the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).The company announced on April 25 that its first-quarter provisional sales amounted to 6.13 trillion won (US$
Hyundai Motor achieved an operating profit of over 3.5 trillion won in the first quarter of this year. Its sales reached a record high in the first quarter, surpassing the 40 trillion won mark.Hyundai Motor announced on April 25 that its consolidated sales for the first quarter of this year amounted
Volvo Group Korea, a specialized excavator manufacturer, announced on April 24 that it has completed the construction of Asia’s first group battery pack production facility at its Changwon Plant in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.On April 23, Volvo Group Korea held a ceremony at the Changwon
With South Korea’s manufacturing investments shifting from the western to the eastern United States, there’s a growing need to establish logistics infrastructure like port terminals on the U.S. East Coast to mitigate logistics risks.According to the report titled “Changes in Import-Export Logistics
Hyundai Mobis, a global leading company in the electric vehicle supplier, announced the construction of a new plant in Spain, the heart of Europe's automotive market. Mobis currently operates battery system production facilities in Korea, China, and the Czech Republic and is building several more in
It has emerged that the domestic battery industry, which received trillions of won in tax deductions in the United States last year, might need to pay nearly 200 billion won in additional taxes by 2026 due to the implementation of a global minimum tax. Battery companies are currently investing in th
BMW Group Korea will now carry out all electric vehicle and software development, as well as certifications in Korea.“Korea is BMW’s fifth-largest market globally, and this year we became the No. 1 brand in premium cars, including electric vehicles,” said Jochen Goller, a member of the Board of Mana
Chinese electric multiple unit rapid transit cars, which dominated the U.S. electric rapid transit car market through price war, are being withdrawn from the market one after another due to safety issues and rising costs. Hyundai Rotem, which has struggled due to the price war, is aggressively pursu
Hyundai Motor Group has signed a power purchase agreement for 147 megawatts (MW) of solar power to run an electric vehicle factory under construction in the U.S. state of Georgia with renewable energy.Hyundai Motor Group announced on April 22 that it recently signed a 15-year long-term power purchas
Global leading tire company Hankook Tire & Technology (Hankook Tire)’s iON evo SUV, a high-performance tire specially designed for electric vehicles, has received the highest rating, “Exemplary” in a tire test conducted by the German automotive magazine Auto Bild. Through this, a company once again
Round eight of this season’s ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in the principality of Monaco is the next highlight for the Hankook iON Race. On the 27th of April, the spotlight in the second-smallest country in the world will be on the fully electric racing series. The 3.337-kilometer circuit, wh
On April 18, Hyundai Motor Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Toray Group to develop new materials for mobility at the Hyundai Motor Group headquarters in the Yangjae neighborhood of Seoul.Hyundai Motor Group has partnered with Toray Group to innovate mobility materials. The strateg
Hanon Systems, a leading global automotive thermal management supplier for electrified mobility, has been named a GM Supplier of the Year in General Motors’ 32nd annual Supplier of the Year awards in Miami, Florida.A global, cross-functional team at GM recognized 86 of its best suppliers for perform
After years of double-digit growth, the global electric vehicle market is entering a chasm, considered to be a slowdown in demand just before mass adoption. Global automakers that have been aggressively investing to expand their electric vehicle lineups are scrambling for survival by making use of a
On March 11, Doosan Robotics held an opening ceremony for the “Electric Vehicle (EV) Automatic Charging Solution Pilot Station” at the LG Science Park in Gangseo District, Seoul, in partnership with LG Electronics, and commenced pilot operations, the company announced on March 16.The newly developed
Hybrid cars overtook gasoline cars for the first time in the imported car market in Korea in the first quarter of this year.According to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association, hybrid vehicles accounted for 47.5 percent (25,908 units) of newly registered imported cars from January
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong (left) and BMW CEO Oliver Zipse (right) talk about BMW’s latest electric car, the New i7, at the BMW Driving Center in Yeongjongdo, Incheon, Korea, in December 2022.Germany’s BMW Group said on April 15 that it bought about 6.535 trillion won worth of auto pa
Last year, South Korea’s secondary battery exports declined for the first time in eight years, not due to weakened industrial competitiveness but as a result of increased overseas production.According to the report “Factors Influencing Changes in Secondary Battery Exports and Future Directions” publ
Partnerships to develop purpose-built vehicles (PBVs) to build an eco-friendly logistics system are growing between the automotive industry and logistics companies. This is due to rapidly increasing demand for electric trucks instead of diesel trucks in line with a global carbon neutrality initiativ