Kia to make, sell China-launched EV5 in Korea to keep top spot

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to manufacture and sell the EV5, its first China-made all-electric vehicle, at home t...

LG, Poland’s ICPT in mega-million-dollar battery module supply deal

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Friday it has signed a multiyear deal to supply battery modules to Poland’s Impact Clean P...

SK On signs deal to supply NCM battery cells to Sweden’s Polestar 5 EV

SK On Co., the battery-making affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, has signed a deal to supply nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) battery cell modu...

EcoPro taps mines in the Americas to secure cathode materials: EcoPro CEO

EcoPro Group, South Korea’s leading battery materials producer, is mulling investments in mines in the Americas to source cathode materials, a...

Falling nickel prices: A boon for Korean battery makers over Chinese rivals

South Korea’s three battery players – LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On Co. and Samsung SDI Co. – are getting a tailwind from the fal...

Hyundai, LG Energy break ground on $1.1 bn Indonesia battery plant

Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. have begun construction of a $1.1 billion battery cell plant in Indonesia as the two South Korean comp...