Tag: electric cars

Huh Sung-moo (L), mayor of the southeastern city of Changwon, poses with a Hyundai Motor official during a ceremony to hand over the carmaker’s Nexo hydro-electric car at the city hall on Oct. 10, 2018, in this photo provided by the city. The city decided to use Hyundai’s hydro-electric cars as its official cars. (Yonhap)

Shown is the photo of the Genesis Essentia, a luxury grand touring electric vehicle from Genesis, provided by Hyundai Motor Group on May 28, 2018. The concept car was dislayed at the Concorso d’Eleganza di Villa d’Este exhibition in Lake Como, Italy, on May 26-27. (Yonhap)

I have always thought that South Korea is an ideal location for electric cars to be sold considering the short distances that are driven in the country:

GM Korea, poised to launch the fully electric car Chevrolet Bolt EV early next year in Korea, confirmed Tuesday with the Ministry of Environment that its vehicle can travel 383 kilometers (239 miles) per charge.

It can now drive the longest distance with one full charge among the vehicles set to debut next year.

“Bolt EV is able to travel from Seoul to Busan with one charge,” said James Kim, president and CEO of GM Korea. “It is going to change the paradigm of Korea’s EV market.”

The retail price has not been revealed. Its U.S. price is an estimated $37,500 before tax incentives. [Joong Ang Ilbo]

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Trade Minister Joo Hyung-hwan (7th from L) and other guests cut tape to mark the construction of the country’s first electric vehicle (EV) super-charging station at World Cup Stadium in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2016. The government announced a plan to invest 200 billion won (US$180.3 million) this year to develop the nation’s EV industry. Under the plan, 150 on-street charging station will be built across the nation by November, plus 30,000 regular chargers to be set up at apartment complexes nationwide. (Yonhap)