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Hyundai suspends production line over China outbreak

February 04, 2020 | 10:57

South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor halted operations at one of its assembly lines on Tuesday (Feb 4) because of a lack of parts due to the coronavirus outbreak in China and is reviewing a wider suspension, a company spokeswoman said.

Uber, Hyundai Motor team up to develop electric air taxi

January 07, 2020 | 16:15

US ride-hailing company Uber Technologies and South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor plan to jointly develop electric air taxis, they said on Monday (Jan 6), joining the race for flying cars to ease urban congestion.

World champion Tanak quits Toyota for Hyundai

November 01, 2019 | 13:31

Newly-crowned world rally champion Ott Tanak signed a two-year deal to drive for Hyundai on Thursday (Oct 31), just four days after wrapping up his maiden title with Japanese manufacturer Toyota.

US fines Hyundai Heavy Industries US$47m over dirty diesel engines

September 20, 2019 | 10:00

South Korean shipbuilding and industrial firm Hyundai Heavy Industries will pay a US$47 million fine for illegally importing and selling dirty diesel engines in violation of American environmental rules, US authorities announced on Thursday (Sep 19).

Hyundai and Kia vehicles may pose fire hazard in Vietnam

April 04, 2019 | 15:55

Hyundai’s Santa Fe 2019 and Kia’s Optima vehicles in circulation in Vietnam may pose fire hazard due to their petrol engine Theta II 2.4.

Hyundai asked to increase localisation rate to 40 per cent

February 26, 2019 | 20:52

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Company to promote technology transfer to its local partners in Viet Nam and increase its localisation rate to a minimum of 40 per cent.

Champion Ogier powers into Monte Carlo lead

January 26, 2019 | 09:51

World champion Sebastien Ogier powered his Citroen into a narrow lead on the Monte-Carlo Rally on Friday (Jan 25) with Belgian Thierry Neuville just two seconds back in a Hyundai, kicking himself for a costly late error.

Hyundai shows off walking car project

January 08, 2019 | 15:26

South Korean car maker Hyundai on Monday (Jan 7) gave a look at work it is doing on a vehicle with robotic legs to let it walk or crawl over treacherous terrain.

Foreign auto makers’ U-turn: not just not quitting VN, expanding

August 06, 2018 | 11:01

Toyota Vietnam has asked the Vinh Phuc Province People’s Committee to lease 9.1 hectares of land in Phuc Yen city to expand its plant and increase its annual capacity from the current 50,000 units to 90,000 by 2023.

Hyundai Tan Phu plant under inspection

March 28, 2018 | 21:49

The Ba Ria-Vung Tau Inspectorate will inspect the licensing and revocation of the investment certificate of Hyundai Tan Phu plant in Phu My 1 Industrial Park.

US investigating deadly Hyundai, Kia airbag failures

March 19, 2018 | 14:13

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into a series of deadly crashes in which airbags in Hyundai and Kia cars failed to inflate.

Hyundai Motor shares tumble following US probe of air bag failures

March 19, 2018 | 13:38

Shares of Hyundai Motor slid on Monday (Mar 19) after a US regulator said it had opened a probe into why some air bags failed to deploy in Hyundai and Kia vehicles following crashes that reportedly killed four people and left six injured.

Hyundai, Kia recall 1.9m vehicles in US

April 04, 2013 | 08:38

South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia are recalling nearly 1.9 million vehicles in the United States to fix brake lights and airbags.

Hyundai-Thu Duc spat finds calm end

October 22, 2012 | 15:58

The five-year dispute between the local firm BOO Thu Duc Corporation and Korea-based Hyundai Rotem Company over a Ho Chi Minh City water project has finally come to an end.