EVO Plant East will produce 100,000 PV5 models yearly, while EVO Plant West will produce 150,000 PV7 and different PBV models from 2027.
Kia has accomplished its Hwaseong EVO Plant East and damaged floor on EVO Plant West for platform past car (PBV) manufacturing in South Korea. The corporate held a ceremony at its AutoLand Hwaseong facility in Gyeonggi Province on 14 November.
Kia is investing roughly KRW4tr (US$2.8bn) within the 296,882-square-metre website. The 2 amenities can have a mixed annual manufacturing capability of 250,000 models. EVO Plant East will produce 100,000 PV5 models yearly, while EVO Plant West will produce 150,000 PV7 and different PBV models. EVO Plant West is scheduled to start operations in 2027.
The ceremony was attended by roughly 200 friends, together with Min-seok Kim, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Dong Yeon Kim, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, and Euisun Chung, Govt Chair of Hyundai Motor Group.
“I’m delighted to participate within the completion ceremony for Kia’s Hwaseong EVO Plant East and the groundbreaking ceremony for EVO Plant West,” Prime Minister Kim stated. “We are going to usher in a brand new period of innovation in future mobility along with the automotive trade, embracing new challenges together with electrification, autonomous driving, and AI.”
Ho Sung Tune, President and World Chief Govt of Kia, stated: “Kia is utilizing the electrification of sunshine industrial automobiles as a key alternative to place PBVs as a core future enterprise.”
SOURCE: Come on
