According to Business Korea, Hyundai wants to produce the Kona EV at its Czech factory from the first half of 2020. It is already scheduled to produce the Tucson Hybrid and Tucson PHEV. The manufacturer expects to make 46,000 Kona EV units there. For comparison, the Ulsan site of Hyundai will make 48,000 this year. The information comes from unnamed industry sources. The Czech plant will gobble up a 105.7 billion...

18 July 2019

ETNews reports that Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group will make its own charging infrastructure in South Korea. This information comes from "industry sources", who also shared that the network will initially include 100 350 kW ultra-fast chargers installed in 20 locations across South Korea. The total budget for building it from scratch will be at least 10 billion won. Hyundai does not rely on government charger...

10 July 2019

Suh Ju-ho, 48, has been appointed by Hyundai as VP and head of Hyundai Design Innovation Group with the task to further strengthen the company's presence in the design domain. He will be mainly responsible for design solutions for future mobility technologies. In particular, Suh's experience in designs for high-performance EVs is anticipated to take the company's EV lineup design to the next level. Suh has studied...

10 July 2019

Hyundai's first SUV prototype based on the company's Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) is currently in production. It should be completed by December this year. Moreover, Hyundai is close to selecting the main supplier of EV batteries and a pilot car is expected to be unveiled in June, 2020. Production will start in 2021. This information comes from Business Korea based on industry analysts who have unveiled...

25 June 2019

On June 26th, an Industrial Center for Electric Car Batteries will be officially opened on Jeju Island, South Korea. This facilities is established to recycle used batteries from electric vehicles. It will start with 1,500 EVs. This project was approved by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) in 2017. The Jeju provincial government has invested 18.8 billion won (US$16.2 million) over the last three...

25 June 2019

Hyundai announced it has invested in US startup Aurora Innovation to strengthen the self-driving technology for its own vehicles and models from its sister brand Kia. The autonomous vehicle technologies will be jointly developed by the two parties. "Hyundai Motor Group’s future mobility plans include commercialization of Level 4 autonomous vehicles by 2021 with the pilot launch of a fleet of autonomous robo-taxis in...

13 June 2019