Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

The FSV Program is midway through its second phase, designing optimized AHSS body structures for four proposed 2015-2020 year vehicles: battery electric (BEV); plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV), with both PHEV-20 and PHEV-40 powertrains; and fuel cell (FCV), with variants among the different powertrain types for four and five passengers vehicles.

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South Korea Global USA PHEV 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

A new high-energy cathode material that can greatly increase the safety and extend the life-span of future lithium-ion batteries has been developed through the close international collaboration of researchers led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Hanyang University in South Korea.

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Ni-Li Universal Li-ion PHEV 170

EV Adoption

MARCH 31, 2021

The EV6 will be produced in South Korea and go on-sale in select global markets starting from the second half of 2021, with online reservations beginning from March 30 in some markets. It expects these models – likely still referring to a mix of electrified models—to outsell its gasoline models by that point.

Kia 52

Kia Jeep Lexus Re-Charge 52

EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

In October, our relatives in Israel bought this amazing Hyundai Ioniq BEV, designed and built in Korea. But this still doesn’t take away from a 47% EV market share, more than double 2019’s, and also a sharp shift in composition from a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) dominated island to an evenly balanced 2020 mix (yes, there are points for that too).

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