A parked car charges at a charging station in Seoul on Tuesday. The Ministry of Environment announced on the same day that electric cars priced below 85 million won ($63,988) will be eligible to receive governmental subsidies.
At a media tour on Thursday before the Hana Bank Seoul E-Prix starts Saturday, track workers move a racing car in a rehearsal at the Jamsil Sports Complex, southern Seoul.
HO CHI MINH CITY — Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon helped Korean tech startups get greater access to Vietnam.
Seoul Festa 2022, which hopes to be the largest tourism festival hosted by the capital, will be held from Aug. 10 to 14 to attract more foreign travelers.
Korea will increase the number of electric vehicle chargers at highway service areas nationwide to over 1,000 by the end of 2022, the transport ministry said Sunday.
Posco will invest 1 trillion won ($850 million) by 2025 to quadruple its capacity to produce electrical steel sheets used to make traction motors for electric vehicles (EVs).
According to the Ministry of Environment on Sunday, the charging price will be increased from 255.7 won ($0.23) per kilowatt-hour, the exact amount to be announced today.
Exports of fully-electric vehicles increased 65.9 percent to $3.9 billion last year, surpassing exports of hybrid electric vehicles for the first time.
Among an array of environment policies relayed during a press briefing at Seoul City Hall on Wednesday, Park said one key goal of the Seoul Metropolitan Government is to swap all diesel and gasoline cars with hydrogen and electric vehicles.
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