Hyundai Motor Group to Make investments KRW 125.2 Trillion in Korea Over Subsequent 5 Years to 2030

• Massive-scale, mid- to long-term funding to strengthen Korea’s place as a worldwide mobility hub and additional energize nationwide economic system
• Korea home funding of KRW 125.2 trillion over the following 5 years – a KRW 36.1 trillion improve over the earlier 5 years
• Advancing AI/Robotics and hydrogen trade; anticipated to play a task in revitalizing the nationwide economic system by way of initiatives reminiscent of regional investments
  • Establishing AI information middle and AI utility middle, strengthening bodily AI capabilities in areas reminiscent of autonomous driving and robotics
  • Construct robotics manufacturing and foundry services, whereas accelerating entry of automotive elements suppliers into robotics parts sector
  • Establishing manufacturing services for PEM electrolyzers and associated parts within the southwest area to place them as a worldwide export enterprise
• Elevated funding to safe future mobility progress engines and develop new home EV manufacturing services:
  • Future enterprise funding (KRW 50.5 tln): To strengthen AI, autonomous driving, software program (SDV), robotics, and EV manufacturing capability
  • R&D (KRW 38.5 tln): To develop new merchandise and core applied sciences for sustained mobility trade competitiveness
  • CAPEX (KRW 36.2 tln): To optimize manufacturing services in response to evolving manufacturing environments, and assemble International Enterprise Middle
• Strengthening Korea’s position as a core mobility manufacturing hub — diversifying export locations in addition to increasing automobile exports, together with EVs

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) introduced right now it’ll make investments KRW 125.2 trillion in South Korea over the five-year interval from 2026 to the top of 2030, representing the corporate’s largest-ever home funding dedication. 

The funding plan considerably expands on the Group’s earlier dedication, exceeding the KRW 89.1 trillion funding in Korea from 2021 to 2025 by KRW 36.1 trillion. The brand new five-year dedication marks an annual common funding of KRW 25.04 trillion over this future interval, and a greater than 40 p.c improve from the annual common over the previous 5 years of KRW 17.8 trillion. 

This vital home funding technique highlights the Group’s agility in actively responding to the quickly altering international enterprise setting, positioning the Group successfully for long-term progress. The plan goals to strengthen South Korea’s standing as a worldwide mobility innovation hub in addition to stimulate broader financial progress by advancing the AI/Robotics trade and progressing the inexperienced power ecosystem. 

The KRW 125.2 trillion funding might be allotted throughout three key areas:

• KRW 50.5 trillion in future enterprise funding throughout AI, Software program Outlined Automobiles (SDVs), electrification, robotics, and hydrogen
• KRW 38.5 trillion in analysis and growth to develop new merchandise and core applied sciences
• KRW 36.2 trillion in capital funding to optimize manufacturing services and assemble the Group’s International Enterprise Middle (GBC)

A good portion of the funding will concentrate on new companies primarily based on superior AI applied sciences, reminiscent of robotics, contributing to the event of Korea’s AI/Robotics innovation ecosystem.

The Group can also be anticipated to play a key position in selling balanced regional growth by way of the institution of EV-dedicated services and the upgrading of manufacturing strains at regional manufacturing services for brand spanking new mannequin launches, in addition to the development of a PEM electrolyzer plant within the southwestern area.

By way of this mid-to long-term funding, Hyundai Motor Group will assist Korea in additional strengthening its place as a key international hub for mobility manufacturing. The Group plans to diversify export locations for automobiles produced at home crops and considerably develop exports by growing Korea’s EV-dedicated services into international export bases.

The Group goals export 2.47 million items by 2030, up from 2.18 million items in 2024, and develop EV exports – together with EVs, PHEVs, HEVs, and FCEVs – from 690,000 items to 1.76 million items over the identical interval.

Centered Funding in Korea’s AI/Robotics Trade and Inexperienced Vitality Ecosystem

To drive a paradigm shift within the home industrial panorama, the Group’s investments will nurture the AI/Robotics trade. It will concentrate on constructing AI infrastructure and increasing superior ecosystems, reminiscent of AI-powered robotics.

Hyundai Motor Group lately introduced its strengthened collaboration with NVIDIA and is actively enhancing its AI capabilities throughout in-vehicle AI, autonomous driving, sensible factories, and robotics.

To course of the large quantity of information required for AI mannequin coaching and operations, the Group is reviewing the institution of a high-power AI information middle. The info middle is deliberate to characteristic petabyte-scale storage capability for AI coaching information generated by bodily AI robots and autonomous automobiles.

The Group can also be pushing ahead the institution of the ‘Hyundai Motor Group Bodily AI Utility Middle’, which is able to play a central position in advancing the bodily AI ecosystem. This middle will confirm the completeness and security of robots educated on large-scale behavioral information by way of AI and is anticipated to function an innovation testbed to make sure reliability earlier than deployment in real-world industrial settings

Primarily based on customer-tailored robotics applied sciences developed by way of bodily AI, Hyundai Motor Group will construct a robotics manufacturing and foundry facility. It will allow the Group to provide full robotics methods in-house and supply foundry companies for SMEs missing manufacturing experience.

In parallel, the Group will actively assist R&D in robotics parts by current automotive elements suppliers. By accelerating the entry of automotive elements suppliers into the robotics sector, these suppliers are anticipated to contribute to the localization of core parts and the export of high-value-added merchandise, additional accelerating Korea’s industrial transformation.

The Group can also be planning investments within the growth of water electrolyzers for inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing to reinforce the inexperienced power ecosystem.

Hyundai Motor Group plans to construct a 1GW PEM electrolysis plant within the southwest, capitalizing on the available provide of renewable power, together with close by hydrogen cargo facilities and refueling stations.

To speed up Korea’s transition to a hydrogen economic system, the Group will even set up services for manufacturing PEM electrolyzers and hydrogen gas cell parts, positioning these operations as a worldwide export enterprise.

Hyundai Motor Group additionally plans to actively contemplate investments – by way of session with the Korean authorities and native authorities – to determine a hydrogen AI Sensible Metropolis that integrates the Group’s core applied sciences, together with AI, hydrogen power, and V2X.

By way of expanded funding throughout numerous areas, Hyundai Motor Group goals to stimulate native financial progress and lay the inspiration for the sustainable progress of Korea and its mobility trade.

At the moment, Hyundai Motor Group operates automobile and elements manufacturing crops in all key geographical areas throughout Korea. Over the following 5 years, the corporate will proceed to put money into manufacturing line optimization to accommodate the launch of recent automobile fashions.

New crops are additionally beneath building. Hyundai’s devoted EV plant in Ulsan might be accomplished subsequent yr, and a new hydrogen gas cell manufacturing facility is scheduled to start operations in 2027. Kia has accomplished a brand new devoted EV plant for PBVs in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, and is getting ready to start operations.

Hyundai Metal Firm is constructing an LNG energy plant at its Dangjin steelworks, with KRW billions additionally being invested in blast furnace upgrades. Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd. is increasing nationwide infrastructure, reminiscent of EV charging stations, to handle underserved areas.

Funding Technique and Timeline 

Hyundai Motor Group’s funding plans by sector from 2026 to 2030 embrace: KRW 50.5 trillion in future enterprise funding, KRW 38.5 trillion in R&D investments, and KRW 36.2 trillion in capital investments.   

Future enterprise funding might be allotted in key technological areas, reminiscent of AI-powered autonomous driving, AI-driven autonomous manufacturing, AI robotics, electrification and SDVs, and hydrogen power to solidify the Group’s basis for sustainable progress. Key areas of future enterprise funding embrace:

• AI-powered autonomous driving expertise permits a automobile to understand its environment utilizing sensor information and make real-time driving selections independently by way of AI
• The Group is growing this expertise by way of its end-to-end deep studying mannequin, Atria AI, and is actively collaborating with 42dot and Motional to convey this imaginative and prescient to life
• In parallel, the Group is specializing in the event of AI-driven autonomous manufacturing by integrating AI with robotics and digital twin applied sciences
• Allow AI to independently function and optimize manufacturing processes

• Software program Outlined Car Improvement

• Not too long ago introduced ‘Pleos’ mobility software program model
• Plans to unveil an SDV Tempo Automotive within the second half of 2026, decoupling automobile {hardware} and software program

• Powertrain and Lineup Diversification

• Proceed to strengthen electrification capabilities
• Introduce Prolonged Vary Electrified Automobiles (EREVs) with over 900 km driving vary

• Battery Know-how Internalization

• Strengthen investments to enhance battery security and marketability
• Deal with internalizing design and growth capabilities for numerous battery sorts

• Hydrogen Vitality Enterprise Growth

• Improve the event of next-generation gas cell methods, hydrogen buses, and vehicles
• Intention to solidify international management in hydrogen gas cell automobiles
• Construct a hydrogen ecosystem in addition to a full end-to-end hydrogen worth chain spanning manufacturing, provide, storage, and utilization with numerous Hyundai Motor Group associates

R&D funding will concentrate on strengthening the Group’s competitiveness within the mobility trade and growing new merchandise and core applied sciences to flexibly reply to international market circumstances.

• Develop new merchandise and core applied sciences

• Deal with the event of hybrid engines for rear-wheel drive purposes
• Pursue regional strategic fashions and expertise methods to fulfill the wants and environments of key international markets

Capital funding might be directed to reinforce manufacturing optimization in Korea, innovation in manufacturing expertise, and the enlargement of customer support hubs.

• Hyundai Motor Group’s International Enterprise Advanced (GBC)

• Development will start after finishing the Seoul metropolis allow course of
• GBC might be a worldwide innovation hub in addition to a landmark for Korea and can create vital financial impression throughout and after building

Hyundai Motor Group expects the large-scale home funding to advance associated industries, contribute to strengthening Korea’s place as a worldwide mobility innovation hub, and additional energize the nationwide economic system.