September 11, 2024

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[THE INVESTOR] Hyundai Motor Group said on Dec. 11 it will invest 7.6 trillion won (US$6.70 billion) in hydrogen fuel cell electric car-producing facilities and related R&D activities by 2030.

Under the investment plans, the Korean business group will establish two separate plants to churn out 500,000 hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles and 700,000 fuel cell systems in 2030, the company said in a statement.

“Hyundai Motor Group, as a first mover, commercialized a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle for the first time in the world. On top of hydrogen cars, it is taking another step forward to transform hydrogen power into a main energy source for communities,” the group’s Executive Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun said in a statement.  

Chung attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the second fuel cell systems plant in Chungju, 150 kilometers south of Seoul.

Currently, Hyundai has one plant with an output capacity of 3,000 fuel cell systems, which are mainly used in its hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, such as the Nexo.

Out of the planned 700,000 fuel cell systems, Hyundai aims to sell 200,000 systems to rival carmakers and other manufacturers as part of a business diversification strategy, the statement said.

By Song Seung-hyun and newswires (ssh@heraldcorp.com)