Company
Genesis is Hyundai Motor Group's luxury vehicle brand, offering sedans, SUVs and electric vehicles positioned above mainstream Hyundai models.
Genesis priced its first hybrid, the GV80, from 76.8 million won, under estimates that had it above 80 million won. Hyundai's luxury brand is putting money back into engines, with hybrid G80 and GV70 models next in line.
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Ford outsold Hyundai Motor Group by 1,195 light-duty U.S. vehicles in the third quarter and kept the No. 3 spot. Ford links its lower volume to retiring the Escape and Corsair, and that drop is about 58% of the 62,000 vehicles its lead shrank over the year.
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The GV90 rides the same 800V platform as the Ioniq 9 and EV9, so Genesis is selling doors, swivelling seats and heated floors instead. Crash testing will decide whether that works.
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The walkout set for the 24th is off and a 17th bargaining round is on at Ulsan. The one booked for the 25th is not, and the hardest demands on the table are the ones that cannot be split.
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Cumulative eco-friendly sales reached 9,229,837 units by mid-year. Hybrids are 61 percent of that total, and the Tucson Hybrid alone has outsold the Ioniq 5 by two-thirds.
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