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Kia & Hyundai unfazed by BYD’s EVs in South Korea

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Kia and Hyundai are unfazed by BYD’s electric vehicles launching in South Korea. Earlier this month, Chinese automaker BYD announced it would enter South Korea’s passenger car market in 2025. BYD entered South Korea’s commercial car market in 2016 but has yet to launch a passenger car there.

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EV ‘phobia’ allegedly grips South Korea, leading to price cuts

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Electric vehicle (EV) phobia is allegedly gripping customers in South Korea after an electric Mercedes-Benz caught fire. South Korea to talk with automakers about EV fire policies Audi is rolling out discounts for e-tron variants. Auto dealers for foreign brands plan to cut retail prices by around 30% for new buyers.

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Volvo Trucks starts selling electric trucks in South Korea

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Volvo Trucks is now starting sales of heavy battery electric trucks in South Korea, as the first global manufacturer to do so. Three different electric models are now available for South Korean transport companies to order – helping them, and the government, to reach ambitious climate targets.

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Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group wins multiple hydrogen fueling station contracts in California and South Korea

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Ltd (Japan) group of companies, announced multiple contracts to provide more than a dozen Hydrogen Fueling Stations (HFS) to customers in California and South Korea. Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (CE&IG), a part of the Nikkiso Co.,

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SK On, EcoPro Materials and GEM to build battery precursor plant in South Korea

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SK On will partner with Korea’s largest cathode material company EcoPro, and Chinese battery materials producer GEM to build a battery core material production facility in Saemangeum, South Korea. The three companies together will spend up on 1.21

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LGES to offer battery diagnostic software to global automakers

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LG Energy Solution (LGES) announces plans to offer battery diagnostic software to global automakers amidst electric vehicle (EV) fire safety concerns in South Korea. On August 21, 2024, LG Energy Solution announced that it would expand its battery safety diagnostic software business and seek global automakers as clients.

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WNA: global nuclear generation nears record high in 2019

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Other key findings from the report: Six reactors started up in 2019, four large PWRs commenced operation, one in South Korea, one in Russia and two in China. Nuclear generation fell fractionally in North America and in West & Central Europe, but rose in Africa, Asia, South America and East Europe & Russia.

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