Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2022

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Renault Group have signed a cooperation agreement to launch all-new vehicle lineup for the South-Korean market. Renault-Samsung Motors (RSM) will manufacture Hybrid Electric and Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles in Busan for the local market and for export.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

an automotive manufacturer headquartered in South Korea, to manufacture Faraday Future’s second electric vehicle, the FF 81, with start of production scheduled for 2024. Located near Seoul, South Korea, Myoung Shin is a parts supplier and automotive manufacturer for numerous first tier OEMs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) announced an investment into battery pack production at its excavator plant in Changwon, South Korea. The Changwon plant in South Korea specializes in the production of excavators and is the biggest excavator production site in Volvo CE. With the SEK 80-million (around $7.8-million)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Production of the Electrified GV70 is expected to start this December at the brand’s Montgomery, Alabama manufacturing facility. This is the first Genesis model to be built in the United States and the first Genesis production to take place outside of South Korea.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2023

RecycLiCo Battery Materials (formerly American Manganese), has delivered samples of its battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide to battery manufacturers in Japan and South Korea.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 15, 2023

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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South Korea Volvo Electrical Electric 137

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2022

In 2021, A&P has recorded annual revenues of CAD $70M with its automotive parts business, and its related company, Yongsan, generated automotive parts manufacturing revenues of CAD $600M in 2021. a wholly owned subsidiary of NEO.

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South Korea Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 434

Teslarati

AUGUST 8, 2024

Tesla 4680 cells closer to mass production with LGES & Samsung SDI According to local media, an anonymous official from South Korea’s transport ministry said the government aims to require EV manufacturers to disclose the brand of batteries they use in their vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2023

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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2022

South Korea-based steelmaker POSCO will invest US$830 million in a lithium hydroxide plant in Argentina. A pilot plant was manufactured in South Korea in 2017 with a capacity of 2,500 tons / year of lithium. The plant will be constructed by the first half of 2024.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 14, 2021

South Korea has a 40.6 trillion won ($41.2 billion) plan to become an even bigger EV battery giant by the end of the decade, The Business Times has reported. The nation unveiled the plan and noted that LG Energy Solution, SK Innovation, and Samsung SDI will be key players. They are already three of the […].

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South Korea Batteries Battery Energy 145

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2021

South Korea-based EnerTech International is a leader in delivering lithium-ion cells using state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities to produce high-performance, large format batteries. Pre-production batteries have been built and tested using EnerTech’s existing lithium-ion battery manufacturing equipment.

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Lithium Ion South Korea Batteries Battery 435

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2018

South Korea-based SK Innovation, a developer of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, will invest $1.67 billion to build a new electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plant in Georgia. SK Innovation has applied high energy density ternary materials to lithium-ion batteries for mass production.

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Georgia Manufacturer Building Lithium Ion 285

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2020

Solid-oxide-fuel-cell manufacturer Bloom Energy is entering the commercial hydrogen market by introducing hydrogen-powered fuel cells and electrolyzers that produce renewable hydrogen. Bloom’s technologies can be critical in enabling South Korea to execute on its government-mandated Hydrogen Economy Roadmap.

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Hydrogen South Korea Market Energy 386

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

In 2021, the top five export destinations for US coal were India, China, Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea. 85% of shipments to South Korea were steam coal for electricity generation. India imported the most US coal for the fifth consecutive year at 15.3 MMst, or 77%, was steam coal). MMst, was metallurgical coal).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2021

SK Innovation’s EV battery plant located in Seosan, South Korea. Currently, the company holds an annual battery production capacity of 40GWh, produced in various countries, including South Korea, the United States, China, Hungary. The SK Battery Co., The SK E&P Co., Earlier post.).

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South Korea Batteries Battery Energy Storage 418

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2023

—POSCO Group CEO Jeong-woo Choi The new lithium factory is anticipated to have an annual production capacity of 25,000 tons of lithium hydroxide—sufficient for manufacturing approximately 600,000 electric vehicles. The subsequent production of lithium hydroxide will take place in South Korea.

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Argentina South Korea South America Financing 369

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2021

All car manufacturers seem to be following in the same footsteps as Tesla. and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% in the April report for the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Index.

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Supplies Global South Korea Production 380

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

Hyundai Motor Company will begin a test operation of its RoboShuttle service on 9 August in South Korea. Shucle is the first ride-pooling service to be launched in South Korea offering shared mobility solutions to passengers with similar routes by using algorithms to determine the optimal route based on demand.

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Teslarati

MAY 4, 2023

The South Korean company confirmed the order recently. Seoyon E-Hwa manufactures automotive interior parts such as door panels, bumpers, seats, headliners, rear parcel shelves, package trays, screen assemblies, and pillar posts. The Cybertruck manufacturer signed a three-year supply contract until 2028 with the South Korean company.

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South Korea Parts Tesla Mexico 145

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

Hankuk Carbon Co Ltd, a manufacturer of advanced composite materials, has formed a strategic joint-partnership with Dymag, a manufacturer of carbon composite wheels, to enable the mass production of high-performance carbon composite wheels for the world’s leading automotive OEMs.

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Carbon Manufacturer Carbon Fiber South Korea 259

Teslarati

AUGUST 12, 2024

Following news of the environment ministry’s emergency meeting, Hyundai Motor Group released a list of battery manufacturers it uses for EV production. The post South Korea to talk with automakers about EV fire policies appeared first on TESLARATI. Most of Hyundai’s EV batteries come from LG Energy Solution and SK On.

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South Korea Hyundai Environment Australia 119

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2021

Renault Group and Geely Holding Group, China’s largest privately-owned automotive group, announced an MoU framework agreement to create a cooperation focused on China and South Korea as initial key core markets. The cooperation will allow Renault Group and Geely Holding to share resources and technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2021

—which intends to become a silicon anode materials supplier to the EV industry— entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with South Korean silicon powder manufacturer, Korea Metal Silicon Co., Korea Metal Silicon Co.

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Companies Batteries Battery South Korea 435

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2021

Other manufacturers have started to eat into this share over the years, but Toyota still reigns supreme. HEV manufacturers will likely increase the battery capacity in order to give more electric-only range, making the Li-ion option more appealing.

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NiMH Li-ion Toyota Hybrid 412

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In October, Doosan and Ceres announced a strategic collaboration which includes the building of an initial 50MW manufacturing facility for the manufacture under licence of Ceres’ fuel cell stacks in South Korea. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The full-fledged facility, after installing the maximum number of mass-production lines through expansion, will have the capacity to manufacture 2,000 tons of its proprietary silicon anode materials NBMSiDE per year. The technology effectively scatters the stress from the Si anode, compensating the mechanical stress during long-term cycling.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

Lithium-ion battery manufacturing has been dominated by East Asia, with Japan, China, and South Korea playing a significant role. US and European countries are now competing, shifting the added values away from East Asia and building battery manufacturing close to the application market.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Swedish electric performance brand Polestar revealed the next step in diversifying its manufacturing footprint. Manufacturing of Polestar 4 in Hangzhou Bay, China, will be complemented with manufacturing in Busan, South Korea, expected to start during the second half of 2025.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2023

At a ceremony in South Korea in March, HHI-EMD—a MAN Energy Solutions two-stroke licensee— marked the manufacture of the world’s largest methanol-powered two-stroke engine, a MAN B&W G95ME-LGIM type. Foldager noted that Hyundai was the first engine manufacturer to reach the 200 million bhp mark.

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Engine Manufacturer South Korea Mariner 221

Electrek

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Southern California EV startup Faraday Future has shared news of a new partnership with South Korean automotive manufacturer Myoung Shin to produce its FF81 mass-market EV. more… The post Faraday Future announces partnership with Myoung Shin to manufacture mass-market FF81 EV in South Korea?

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South Korea Future Manufacturer Market 98

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2022

FREYR Battery has awarded a strategic alliance frame agreement to South Korea-based Hana Technology. We selected Hana Technology due to their proven track record with major Korean battery manufacturers. Hana Technology develops precision automation solutions for battery facilities and other industrial operations.

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Batteries Battery South Korea Production 321

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2014

The MOU establishes a process for appointing Integrated Energy to be the dealer of Detroit Electric products in Jeju Island, South Korea. Jeju Island, equipped with the most comprehensive electric vehicle charging infrastructure in South Korea, has set its sights on becoming a zero car-emissions zone by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2022

The Holland investment will fall under the LGES entity, which recently completed a record-breaking IPO in South Korea. LG Energy Solution, formerly known as LG Chem Michigan, manufactures large lithium-ion polymer battery cells and packs for electric vehicles. million; and.

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Michigan Energy Batteries Battery 334

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2022

LOTTE Chemical announced a joint venture with LOTTE Aluminium to build a manufacturing facility in Elizabethtown, Kentucky to produce 36,000 tons of cathode foil, a type of ultra-thin aluminum foil that is a core material used in EV batteries. Cathode foil is one of the four major components of lithium-ion batteries.

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EV Specifications

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Polestar confirmed the next step in diversifying its manufacturing footprint. Manufacturing of Polestar 4 in Hangzhou Bay, China, will be complemented with manufacturing in Busan, South Korea, expected to start during the second half of 2025.

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South Korea China Manufacturer Motor 105

Teslarati

MARCH 10, 2025

Hyundai Motor Group’s Executive Chair Chung Euisun received a medal from the Czech Republic (aka Czechia) for fostering bilateral relations between South Korea and the European nation. The legacy car maker’s investments have also enabled South Korea and the Czech Republic to exchange technology.

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