Hyundai Mobis, South Korea’s biggest auto parts supplier, developed Korea’s first bi-directional on-board charger, or OBC, that can be installed in electric vehicles to heighten energy efficiency, the company said Wednesday. The bi-directional charging device is essential for the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, which connects EVs to the electrical grids. “The highlight of the bi-directional O...

Amid declining sales of Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors in Korea and abroad, demand for eco-friendly cars made by the country’s top two carmakers is increasing, data from the company showed. Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors sold a combined 141,681 eco-friendly cars between January and July this year, which is 10 percent more than the 128,975 units sold for the whole of 2016. Eco-friendly cars offered ...

Posco, South Korea’s leading steelmaker, will hire a total of 6,000 full-time employees from this year to 2020 in an effort to offer job opportunities and secure talent, the company said Tuesday. The company will hire 1,500 workers annually for the next four years. The large-scale employment plan comes as the steelmaker strives to gain a lead in the “fourth industrial revolution” by researching...

Wise Auto Holdings, a bodybuilder of Mercedes-Benz’s commercial vans here, rolled out the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, dubbed Eurostar, at the opening of a service center for the vans Thursday. The opening of the center located in Gangnam, southern Seoul, was part of a marketing strategy to target Korea’s growing van market, the company said Sunday. “We spent three years to prepare for the openi...

진행자: 김보경, Paul Kerry 1. 인천공항, 기내반입 금지물품 택배 서비스 국토교통부는 인천공항에서 기내반입 금지물품을 공항에 보관하거나 승객이 원하는 곳으로 택배를 보낼 수 있는 서비스를 화요일부터 확대한다고 밝혔다. 출국장 안에 마련된 접수대에서 물품보관증을 작성하거나 택배 신청을 할 수 있다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 Banned items at Incheon Airport to be separately shipped [1] Travelers using Inche...

진행자: 김보경, Anitya McKay 1.수입차 하반기 줄줄이 신차 출시 예정 기사요약: 한국에서 지속적으로 매출 상승 곡선으로 타고 있는 수입차 브랜드들이, 상승세를 이어가기 위해 하반기에 신차 출시를 앞두고 있다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 Foreign carmakers seek bigger market portion with new models in H2 [1] Riding on the sales momentum of imported cars in South Korea...