The Hydrogen Heavy Duty Vehicle Industry Group, including Hyundai, Toyota, and Nikola, has agreed to push ahead with a common global standard for hydrogen refuelling technologies to help “bring hydrogen closer to wide scale adoption”. 

South Korea’s commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw continued to grow in the second quarter of 2021, with sales rising by 5.2% to 64,525 units from 61,344 in the same period of last year, based on data released individually by vehicle manufacturers and trade associations.

The fuel cell systems, supplied to NGVI, will be initially integrated in test vehicles for service in Ulsan.

South Korea’s commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw expanded by almost 13% to 59,221 units in the first quarter of 2021 from weak year-earlier sales of 52,495 units.

The South Korean market for medium and large buses and coaches is substantial, reflecting good public transport services and the extensive use of buses and coaches by private companies.

Covid-19 hits sales at Hyundai as registrations fall by 27,000 units.

Hyundai Motor Company has introduced, the County Electric – a full electric version of its County minibus and the company’s first electric minibus - for the Korean market.

Hyundai Motor Company has developed a remote monitoring system for electric bus fleets that provides real-time information such as vehicle location, battery levels and other key data.

Hyundai Motor Company announced last month it plans to develop 17 electric-driven commercial vehicles within the next five years in response to increasing global demand for environmentally friendly transportation solutions.

Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd¹ of Pune, a division of Mumbai’s Tata Group, which offers a wide range of products and services for the automotive and commercial vehicle industries and SECO Seojin Automotive Co Ltd² of Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of South Korea, have entered into a joint venture to design, develop and manufacture clutch systems in India catering specifically for commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors.

Hyundai Motor Company has unveiled a full electric tri-axle double-deck city bus, which is a first of its kind for Hyundai and is part of the company’s effort to help reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.

Vehicle builders,  Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd (Foton),  Toyota Motor Company, and fuel cell developer, Beijing SinoHytec Co Ltd have announced an agreement for all three parties to jointly develop fuel cell buses.