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Korea's Auto Industry - Today and Tomorrow - Invest Korea

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Sector<br />

Energy<br />

Environment<br />

Advanced technology<br />

Joint tasks<br />

Goals of the Future Car Development Project<br />

3. <strong>Korea</strong>n <strong>Auto</strong> Manufacturers<br />

Final target technologies<br />

Technology securing CO2 exhaust 70g/km<br />

-High efficiency engine, Light-weight, Fuel battery<br />

Core technologies of extremely low pollution-generated<br />

mid & small-sized car (Euro-V requirements)<br />

- Catalyst, recycle, alternative fuel engine technologies<br />

ASV (Advanced Safety Vehicle) / Telematics-related<br />

system technology<br />

-Sophisticated electronics parts, Simulation design<br />

system technology<br />

Development of 100km/2l-level pilot car<br />

-Development of basic technology integrating the<br />

energy, environment <strong>and</strong> advanced system.<br />

<strong>Korea</strong>n auto manufacturers, as of 2005, comprise Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp,<br />

GM Daewoo <strong>Auto</strong> & Technology, SsangYong Motor Company <strong>and</strong> Renault Samsung Motors.<br />

Hyundai Kia Motors<br />

The nation’s largest auto manufacturer, with employees numbering 80,000 <strong>and</strong> total assets<br />

valued at KRW21 trillion, has grown to become a world-renowned automaker.<br />

Its domestic production reached more than 3 million annually, <strong>and</strong> its long-term strategy is to<br />

establish facilities abroad with manufacturing capacity in excess of 2 million units.<br />

Manufacturing facility of Hyundai-Kia Motors<br />

Hyundai s Ulsan factory is the world’s largest single auto-making factory, with five<br />

independent production lines covering a 5 million m area, manufacturing 1.6 million cars<br />

annually. It is the nation’s largest car production base, representing the <strong>Korea</strong>n auto industry.<br />

Hyundai s Asan factory This state-of-the-art factory focuses on strategic export market cars<br />

built in an area covering 1,815,000m , with a total floor area of 660,000m pyeong to

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