Porsche Korea on Thursday showcased its Vision 357 sports car for the first time in Asia at the Seoul Mobility Show 2023, celebrating its 75 years of sports car history. The car model is an homage to the first-ever Porsche sports car, the 356, the dream sports car made by Ferry Porsche, the legendary car designer and founder of the German carmaker. The symbolic car made its Asia debut in Korea, Porsche's sixth-largest market. “We have sold around 310,000 vehicles worldwide last year a

Mobility March 30, 2023

Incheon International Airport Corp. CEO Kim Kyung-wook said Tuesday he offered to resign, citing political pressure from Transport Minister Won Hee-ryong. “I have expressed my intention to resign to the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister on March 23 that I will be stepping down from the post on April 28,” said Kim during a press conference at Incheon Airport. “I asked the minister to withhold the news release until I resign as a courtesy. But somehow, a local news outl

Mobility March 28, 2023

Asiana Airlines said Monday it has formed a task force to accelerate the business integration process with Korean Air. The task force, headed by Asiana Airlines Vice President Won Yoo-suk, consists of a total of 42 staff and executives. Legal and strategic planning units will oversee the task force. The passenger and cargo business, finance and public relations units will also be collecting data requested by the remaining three jurisdictions -- the European Union, the US and Japan -- from whic

Mobility March 27, 2023

South Korea’s battery materials producer Posco Future M said Sunday it has received an award from General Motors for its outstanding achievement across the global purchasing and supply chain. It was one of 14 companies to have received the General Motors’ Overdrive Award, which is given to companies who specialize in automotive components, batteries and software provision. The evaluation criteria for the award include sustainability, innovation, launch excellence and safety. Posc

Mobility March 26, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group said Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the US-based Advent Technologies to develop hydrogen fuel cells, with the goal of ramping up its hydrogen car business. Under the partnership, the carmaker plans to acquire key technologies for hydrogen fuel cells that can operate at 200 degrees Celsius from Advent Technologies by 2024. It will provide ion transfer materials and catalysts to the Boston company, who will use them and support the technology requir

Mobility March 23, 2023

By Cho Ju-hyeon South Korea’s small and medium-size enterprises and startups are facing challenges in exports amid bleak economic outlook and Chinese-dependent business. For survival, small companies should alter their course to diversify exports. As of February, the total amount of exports has decreased for five consecutive months, along with a trade deficit for 12 consecutive months. Exports from SMEs, which came to $117.5 billion last year, however, has been on a downward trend since

Industry March 22, 2023

Hyundai Heavy Industries, the nation's largest shipbuilder affiliated with HD Hyundai, said Wednesday that its accumulative engine production for vessels has exceeded 200 million horsepower -- a record in the global shipbuilding industry. The company held a ceremony to mark the production milestone as it started a new 74,720-horsepower vessel engine at its engine production plant in Ulsan, an industrial city on the southern coast. The company said the latest feat comes 44 years since it sta

Mobility March 22, 2023

Posco Future M, formerly called Posco Chemical, said Tuesday it would construct an electric vehicle battery materials plant in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, after landing a 40 trillion won ($30.6 billion) deal with Samsung SDI earlier this year. During a shareholders meeting Monday, the company decided to build a 392 billion-won plant that exclusively produces nickel cobalt aluminum (NCA) battery materials for the first time. The estimated annual production capacity is 30,000 tons, enough

Mobility March 21, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group’s Kia on Monday unveiled the concept of its full-electric midsized sport utility vehicle EV5 in China, renewing its sales push in the all-important market where it has struggled to elevate its shrunken market share. The carmaker held the Kia EV Day event, its first media event this year, in Shanghai. Earlier, Kia said it would produce the EV5 in China for both domestic and global sales. The car is the smallest of its EV lineup. Since the 2021 debut of the EV6, its fir

Mobility March 20, 2023

[코리아헤럴드=변혜진 기자]지난해 삼성SDI와 스텔란티스의 배터리 합작법인을 유치한 미국 인디애나주가 올해 한국 사무소를 개소할 예정이다. 국내 배터리3사들이 공격적으로 투자를 확대하면서 이들에 대한 미국 주정부들의 구애도 더욱 활발해지는 모습이다. 브래들리 체임버스 인디애나주 상무부 장관은 17일 코리아헤럴드와의 인터뷰에서 “올해 한국 사무소를 열고 한국 기업들로부터 투자유치를 확대할 것”이라며 “ 사무소 운영과 관련된 인력도 적극 모집 중”이라고 밝혔다. 체임버스 장관은 주한미국대사관의 초청으로 지난주 ‘인터배터리 2023’ 참석차 방한했다. 인디애나 이외에 오하이오, 미시건, 테네시, 켄터키 등 국내 배터리 3사가 진출해 있는 7개 주정부 관계자들이 함께 대거 한국을 찾은 것으로 알려졌다. 그는 LG에너지솔루션과 SK온을 언급하며 “고성장 중인 배터리 기술 생태계와 자동차·전기차 제조 산업

한국어판 March 20, 2023

The US state of Indiana is seeking to set up a liaison office in South Korea to reach out to Korean businesses that are investing heavily to expand their presence in the burgeoning electric vehicle market there. “We are excited about opening a liaison office here that will focus on helping Indiana secure investment from Korea-based companies,” Indiana’s Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers told The Korea Herald in an interview in Seoul Friday. “We are actively working to

Mobility March 20, 2023

The upcoming Seoul Mobility Show will unveil a wide range of innovative transportation spanning from new electric vehicles to air taxis, the organizing committee said Thursday. The 11-day exhibition, slated for March 30 - April 9, is scheduled to take place at Kintex in Gyeonggi Province. More than 160 mobility companies including automakers, mobility service providers and mobility software companies across 10 countries will participate in the event, a 60 percent jump from a year earlier, accord

Mobility March 16, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group has become the world’s third-largest carmaker in terms of sales, an impressive feat after more than two decades when, in 2000, the South Korean auto giant made it to the global top 10 list. According to its regulatory filing Wednesday, the carmaker sold a total of 6.8 million vehicles last year, the third highest after Toyota’s 14.8 million units and Volkswagen’s 8.5 million units. The sales figure outpaced Renault-Nissan Alliance's 6.2 million unit

Mobility March 15, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday it is in the early stage of signing a deal to acquire General Motors’ car manufacturing plant in India, the world’s third-largest car market. The Indian unit of Hyundai Motor has signed a term sheet with GM to acquire its automobile plant in Talegaon, the western state of Maharashtra, India. It is the first time that the local unit is seeking an acquisition of its industry rival’s manufacturing facilities since it made foray into India in 1996.

Mobility March 14, 2023

US auto giant Ford recently reiterated SK On’s battery defect in recalling 18 F-150 Lightnings that led to the production shutdown of the electric pickup trucks after a battery fire incident last month. “Ford is recalling 18 F-150 Lightnings due to a battery cell manufacturing defect, which occurred over a four-week period starting at the end of last year,” the carmaker said in a statement Friday local time. SK On is the battery supplier for the flagship model. The trucks mig

Mobility March 13, 2023