EV price war
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Batteries
Lotte Energy Materials to build copper foil plant in US for EV makers
Lotte Energy Materials Corp., one of South Korea’s leading battery materials makers, plans to build a copper foil plant in the US to meet grow...
Sep 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Battery cell prices plummet amid supply glut in China, weak EV demand
The competition among automakers to cut prices of electric vehicles is expected to intensify with battery cell prices falling at a fast pace due to ...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
POSCO Int'l to supply EV motor cores to Hyundai Motor Group
South Korea's POSCO International Corp. on Thursday said it signed a deal to supply 3.5 million traction motor cores for electric vehicles (EV) to H...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
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...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor set to exit Russia with St. Petersburg plant sale to AGR
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is reportedly exiting Russia by selling its car manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg to AGR Aut...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Want to buy an iPhone 15 in South Korea? Pay more
During the unveiling of the much-anticipated iPhone 15 series on Tuesday, Apple Inc. said its newest product line is in same price range as its prev...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung hikes memory chip prices on depleting client inventories
There are signs of a memory chip market recovery, particularly in the mobile DRAM chip segment, although demand for personal computer chips remains ...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korean firms confident they can outpace China in LFP battery race
South Korea’s leading battery and materials makers on Monday shared their concerns about Chinese rivals’ ascent, but expressed confidenc...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai NEXO retains fuel cell EV leadership; Toyota Mirai follows fast
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. retained its leadership in the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) market in the January-...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics rolls out 118-inch micro LED TV at US trade show
LG Electronics Inc. has launched a second massive micro LED TV for those wanting a premium cinema experience at home.The company on Monday said it u...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea, Indonesia to bolster high-tech partnership
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- South Korea and Indonesia have affirmed their commitment to expanding the scope of business cooperation from high tech to food...
Sep 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Rent-a-Car to replace internal combustion engine cars with EVs
SK Rent-a-Car plans to overhaul its existing fleet of internal combustion engine vehicles in favor of electric cars. The company aims to capitalize ...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai-LG battery JV in Indonesia to power IONIQ 5, other EVs: Chung
Hyundai Motor Co.'s battery joint venture with LG Energy Solution Ltd. in Indonesia will become the South Korean carmaker’s battery manuf...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
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...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
China, beneficiary of Korea’s surging EV cell material exports
South Korea’s exports of cathodes for secondary batteries are surging with the booming electric vehicle industry, but the country’s trad...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai leads Indonesia’s EV push with locally produced IONIQ 5
Hyundai Motor Co. has emerged as Indonesia’s top electric vehicle seller, driven by its locally produced flagship model, the IONIQ 5, as the S...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
S.Korea's airline industry waging fierce price war in fall
South Korea's airline sector is meeting high travel demand during the extended Chuseok (Thanksgiving) holidays late this month by aggressively offer...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Samsung signs contract to supply camera modules to US EV company
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. has signed a contract to supply camera modules for vehicles to the US electric vehicle company. The company is believe...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Magna to build plant in Hungary for European EV market
MUNICH -- LG Magna e-Powertrain Co., a joint venture between South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and Canada’s Magna International Inc., ha...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia see US sales increase for 13th consecutive month
South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. posted a record 13th consecutive month sales increase last ...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia hope to turn Indians into EV consumers
CHENNAI, INDIA – When Hyundai Motor Co. decided to establish its operations in Chennai, India, 27 years ago, many of its executives in Seoul q...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor unveils N brand’s first EV IONIQ 5 N
Hyundai Motor Co. on Monday announced the launch of its first-ever high-performance electric vehicle (EV) of its N brand, the IONIQ 5 N.The new EV b...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, LG to spend combined $7.6 bn to build EV, battery plants in US
Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd. will spend a combined $7.59 billion to build electric vehicle and battery cell plants in Georgia, th...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On unveils new material to improve EV battery capacity
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, has unveiled a new material to improve its competitiveness in the solid-stat...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
France’s new EV subsidy bill may violate Korea-EU FTA: KITA
The South Korean auto industry has called for an amendment in France’s new subsidy policy for electric vehicle purchases after voicing concern...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung Electro-Mechanics suffers cut in Q3 earnings estimate
South Korea's Kiwoom Securities on Tuesday said it cut its third-quarter earnings forecast for Samsung Electro-Mechanics due to continued sluggish...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor to self-develop EV chargers to slow Tesla’s ascent
Hyundai Motor Group will develop ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers with its proprietary technology to catch up to the world’s No. 1 EV make...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korean battery trio face union risk in US after Ultium Cells’ wage deal
South Korean electric vehicle battery majors’ plan to run more than 10 EV battery manufacturing plants in the US may hit a snag due to the loo...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
IS Dongseo buys EV battery recycling firm BTS Technology
IS Dongseo Co., a South Korean waste management company, has acquired Slovakia-based battery recycling company BTS Technology Ltd. for 37.5 billion ...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
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...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)