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Hyundai plans to invest $7.4 bn in US by 2025 on EVs, production facilities

Hyundai plans to invest $7.4 billion in US by 2025 to make electronic vehicles, enhance production facilities and invest further in smart mobility solutions

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The group’s Hyundai Motor will begin electric vehicle production at a U.S. facility in 2022, while affiliate Kia also plans to build electric vehicles in the United States

AP Washington

Hyundai plans to invest USD 7.4 billion in US by 2025 Hyundai plans to invest USD 7.4 billion in the U.S. by 2025 to make electronic vehicles, enhance production facilities and invest further in smart mobility solutions.

Hyundai Motor Group, which includes Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., said Thursday that Hyundai and Kia will invest in growing its electronic manufacturing footprint to scale production and satisfy U.S. market demands.

Hyundai Motor will offer a variety of American-made electric vehicles to U.S. consumers starting next year.

Hyundai Motor Group will create a subsidiary in Washington D.C. to spearhead its urban air mobility businesses.

 

In addition, Hyundai and its partner Aptiv will use their joint venture, Motional, to commercialize driverless technology.

Motional received a driverless license in Nevada and plans to commercialize robotaxi service there in 2023 along with its partner Lyft.

Motional has started testing Hyundai's all-electric IONIQ 5 equipped with advanced autonomous driving technology on public roads.

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First Published: May 14 2021 | 6:12 AM IST

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