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SEOUL/ FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif, May 2, 2022 – José Muñoz, President & COO of Hyundai Motor Company (HMC), has joined HMC’s board of management. In his new role, he will be responsible for driving greater performance in key strategic regions, including Europe, India and the Middle East and Africa. Also, Mr. Muñoz will lead global talent...

SEOUL, April 25, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) today announced that four key affiliate companies, including Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor) and Kia Corporation (Kia), are now members of Climate Group’s RE100, a global initiative committed to large corporates moving toward 100 percent renewable electricity.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., April 25, 2022 – Hyundai Motor America and its African American marketing agency of record, Culture Brands, have launched a new campaign for the award-winning, all-electric 2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5.

SEOUL/VENICE, April 22, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Company returns to the 59th La Biennale di Venezia (‘Venice Biennale’), from April 23 to November 27, 2022, following a year-long delay, to support the Gyre exhibition at the Korea Pavilion at Giardini di Castello in Venice, Italy.

NEW YORK/SEOUL, April 21, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has won a series of highly sought-after accolades at the prestigious World Car Awards (WCA), with the Hyundai IONIQ 5 securing the World Car of the Year, World Electric Vehicle of the Year, and World Car Design of the Year.

SEOUL, April 21, 2022 — Hyundai Motor Company designs took nine honors at the world-renowned International Forum (iF) Design Award 2022.

SEOUL, April 20, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Company announced today the launch of its global sustainability campaign under the banner ‘Goal of the Century’.

COLLEGE PARK, MD / SEOUL, April 19, 2022 – IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in quantum computing, and Hyundai Motor Company today announced a new project designed to apply quantum machine learning to image classification and 3D object detection for future mobilities.

SEOUL, April 17, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Company today announced that it is entering the online community-based Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market in collaboration with the ‘Meta Kongz’ NFT brand.

NEW YORK/SEOUL, April 12, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Group’s Executive Chair, Euisun Chung, today won the ‘Visionary of the Year’ award at the inaugural Newsweek World’s Greatest Auto Disrupters event.

SEOUL, March 28, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Company announced today its STARIA multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) has won the ‘Best of the Best’ accolade at the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2022.

LOS ANGELES / SEOUL, March 20, 2022 — Hyundai Motor Company and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) today unveiled the latest installment of their ongoing collaboration, a comprehensive survey on the American conceptual artist Barbara Kruger, entitled "Thinking of Y̶o̶u̶. I Mean M̶e̶. I Mean You."

CIKARANG, Indonesia, March 16, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Company today inaugurated Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Indonesia, its first factory in Southeast Asia, located in Deltamas industrial complex near Cikarang, Indonesia, 40 kilometers east of the capital city of Jakarta.

LEATHERHEAD, England / SEOUL, Korea, March 8, 2022 – The all-new Hyundai IONIQ 5 has added to its growing list of Car of the Year honors by being named overall UK Car of the Year 2022.

SEOUL, March 2, 2022 — Hyundai Motor Company today unveiled a strategic roadmap to accelerate its electrification ambition as it pursues sustainable progress for the company.

SEOUL, February 22, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) is proud to announce that the World Car Awards jury panel has named Luc Donckerwolke, the Group’s Executive Vice President for Design and Chief Creative Officer (CCO), its 2022 World Car Person of the Year.

SEOUL/FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 1, 2022 – The all-new 2022 Hyundai TUCSON will show its versatile capabilities and futuristic design in the upcoming Sony Pictures film “Uncharted,” adding thrill and excitement to the adventure as a customized “Beast” concept prototype.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 28, 2022 – The electric vehicle has come a long way, and Hyundai is comparing its evolution to that of other human innovations in the new national marketing campaign for the all-electric IONIQ 5.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27, 2022 – Hyundai is now a founding partner of SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park, the unparalleled sports and entertainment destination in Inglewood, Calif., being developed by Los Angeles Rams Owner/Chairman E. Stanley Kroenke.

SEOUL, January 24, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Group’s (HMG) pioneering all-electric sustainable mobility models – the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and Kia EV6 – have taken top spot at the first-ever ‘Best Cars of the Year’ 2021/2022 Awards.

SEOUL, January 24, 2022 — Hyundai Motor Company today launched the Global League of Hyundai N e-Festival, a digital motorsport competition where players will vie for the top spot in an exciting virtual reality (VR) gaming environment.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. / SEOUL, January 19, 2022 – IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in trapped-ion quantum computing, and Hyundai Motor Company today announced a partnership to develop new variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) algorithms to study lithium compounds and their chemical reactions involved in battery chemistry.

SEOUL, January 10, 2022 — Hyundai Motor Company announced it has received multiple accolades at 2021 GOOD DESIGN Awards, with its IONIQ 5 and STARIA models both selected as winners in the transportation category.

SEOUL, January 10, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Company today announced ‘Continue’ as the overarching project to encompass all of the company’s global CSV (Creating Shared Value) activities.

LAS VEGAS/SEOUL, January 6, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Company, the global mobility innovator, and Unity (NYSE: U), the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced at CES 2022 a partnership to jointly design and build a new metaverse roadmap and platform for Meta-Factory.

LAS VEGAS/SEOUL, January 6, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Company welcomes the media and general public to experience its vision for robotics and the metaverse at its CES 2022 booth at Las Vegas Convention Center, West Hall #5818, from Jan. 5-7.

LAS VEGAS/SEOUL, January 4, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Company today revealed its Plug & Drive (PnD) modular platform that enables mobility of traditionally inanimate things, from small objects to large community spaces, at CES 2022.

LAS VEGAS/SEOUL, January 4, 2022 – Hyundai Motor Company today shared its vision for pioneering the use of robotics in both the real world and metaverse at CES 2022, one of the most influential tech events in the world, running from Jan. 5-7.

Press Conference on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 3 p.m. PST at Mandalay Bay / Level 2 / Oceanside D Ballroom or via Live Stream

LAS VEGAS/SEOUL, December 22, 2021 – Hyundai Motor Company will take the stage at CES 2022, to present its future vision for robotics and the metaverse under the main theme of ‘Expanding Human Reach’.

SEOUL, Dec. 16, 2021 – Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) today announced that Albert Biermann, President and Head of the Research and Development (R&D) Division for the Group, is retiring, but will continue to act as an Executive Technical Advisor for the Group based in Europe.

SEOUL, Dec. 15, 2021 – Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) today revealed the Mobile Eccentric Droid (MobED), an all-new and pioneering small mobility platform using cutting-edge robotics technologies.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 3, 2021 – For the fourth consecutive season, Hyundai is the presenting sponsor of NBC’s Sunday Night Football Kickoff Show.

Offenbach, 30 November 2021 – Hyundai Motor has taken highest honours at the Top Gear annual awards 2021, winning Car of the Year with i20 N and being named overall Manufacturer of the Year in recognition of the brand’s class leading model line-up.

SEOUL/FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 22, 2021 – The all-new Hyundai IONIQ 5 and all-new Hyundai TUCSON will make their Hollywood debut in Sony Pictures’ upcoming film “Spider-Man: No Way Home”.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 17, 2021 – Hyundai Motor Company today revealed SEVEN, the new sport utility electric vehicle (SUEV) concept at AutoMobility LA. This category-bending electric SUV concept will be on display in Hyundai Motor’s booth, along with other segment-leading products such as IONIQ 5, and XCIENT Fuel Cell, at the LA...

SEOUL/WASHINGTON, DC, November 9, 2021 – Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) is announcing today a new company called Supernal, LLC to take its future mobility vision forward. An evolution of its Urban Air Mobility Division, Supernal (the Company), will be the binding component of the Group’s future mobility vision.

SEOUL/FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. Nov. 3, 2021 – Hyundai Motor Company today revealed teaser images of the sleek and spacious SEVEN, an all-electric SUV concept to be fully unveiled at AutoMobility LA later this month.

SEOUL, November 3, 2021 – Peter Schreyer features in a beautiful new book about his life and legacy as one of the most influential figures in the field which is published by gestalten. As President and Head of Design Management of Hyundai Motor Group, Schreyer’s design shaped Hyundai and Kia as brands and gave each company a distinctive...

SEOUL/OFFENBACH, October 28, 2021 – Fresh on the market and already a true winner: Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 5 has won a 2022 German Car of the Year (GCOTY) award in the “New Energy” category. As a class winner, the automaker’s full-electric midsize CUV will automatically take part in the final round of the GCOTY. IONIQ 5 will compete...