South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Plans to Invest $16 Billion in EV Push

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Plans to Invest $16 Billion in EV Push
Visitors take photographs in front of the logo of Hyundai Motor during the 2019 Seoul Motor Show in Goyang, South Korea, 0n March 28, 2019. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
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SEOUL—South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said on Wednesday it planned to invest about 95.5 trillion won ($79.21 billion) through 2030, including about 19.4 trillion won ($16.10 billion) towards electric vehicle (EV) related businesses.

Hyundai Motor, which together with affiliate Kia Corp. is among the world’s top 10 biggest automakers by sales, targets to achieve a 7 percent market share in the global EV market by 2030, with an annual sales target of 1.87 million vehicles, the automaker said during a virtual investor day.