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 world mobility hub and additional energize nationwide financial 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 financial system by way of initiatives akin to regional investments
  • Establishing AI information middle and AI utility middle, strengthening bodily AI capabilities in areas akin to autonomous driving and robotics
  • Construct robotics manufacturing and foundry amenities, whereas accelerating entry of automotive elements suppliers into robotics parts sector
  • Establishing manufacturing amenities for PEM electrolyzers and associated parts within the southwest area to place them as a world export enterprise
• Elevated funding to safe future mobility development engines and broaden new home EV manufacturing amenities:
  • 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 amenities in response to evolving manufacturing environments, and assemble World Enterprise Middle
• Strengthening Korea’s position as a core mobility manufacturing hub — diversifying export locations in addition to increasing car exports, together with EVs

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) introduced at the moment it is going to 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 important home funding technique highlights the Group’s agility in actively responding to the quickly altering international enterprise surroundings, positioning the Group successfully for long-term development. The plan goals to strengthen South Korea’s standing as a world mobility innovation hub in addition to stimulate broader financial development by advancing the AI/Robotics trade and progressing the inexperienced vitality ecosystem. 

The KRW 125.2 trillion funding will likely 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 improvement to develop new merchandise and core applied sciences
• KRW 36.2 trillion in capital funding to optimize manufacturing amenities and assemble the Group’s World Enterprise Middle (GBC)

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

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

Via this mid-to long-term funding, Hyundai Motor Group will help Korea in additional strengthening its place as a key international hub for mobility manufacturing. The Group plans to diversify export locations for autos produced at home vegetation and considerably broaden exports by creating Korea’s EV-dedicated amenities into international export bases.

The Group goals export 2.47 million items by 2030, up from 2.18 million items in 2024, and broaden 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, akin to 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 information middle is deliberate to function petabyte-scale storage capability for AI coaching information generated by bodily AI robots and autonomous autos.

The Group can be pushing ahead the institution of the ‘Hyundai Motor Group Bodily AI Utility Middle’, which can play a central position in advancing the bodily AI ecosystem. This middle will confirm the completeness and security of robots skilled on large-scale behavioral information by way of AI and is predicted 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 supply full robotics programs in-house and supply foundry providers for SMEs missing manufacturing experience.

In parallel, the Group will actively help 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 be planning investments within the improvement of water electrolyzers for inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing to reinforce the inexperienced vitality ecosystem.

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

To speed up Korea’s transition to a hydrogen financial system, the Group may also set up amenities for manufacturing PEM electrolyzers and hydrogen gas cell parts, positioning these operations as a world export enterprise.

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

Via expanded funding throughout varied areas, Hyundai Motor Group goals to stimulate native financial development and lay the inspiration for the sustainable development of Korea and its mobility trade.

At the moment, Hyundai Motor Group operates car and elements manufacturing vegetation 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 latest car fashions.

New vegetation are additionally below building. Hyundai’s devoted EV plant in Ulsan will likely 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 making ready to begin 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, akin to EV charging stations, to deal with underserved areas.

Funding Technique and Timeline 

Hyundai Motor Group’s funding plans by sector from 2026 to 2030 embody: 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 will likely be allotted in key technological areas, akin to AI-powered autonomous driving, AI-driven autonomous manufacturing, AI robotics, electrification and SDVs, and hydrogen vitality to solidify the Group’s basis for sustainable development. Key areas of future enterprise funding embody:

• AI-powered autonomous driving know-how allows a car to understand its environment utilizing sensor information and make real-time driving selections independently by way of AI
• The Group is creating this know-how 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 Automobile Growth

• Just lately introduced ‘Pleos’ mobility software program model
• Plans to unveil an SDV Tempo Automotive within the second half of 2026, decoupling car {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 improvement capabilities for varied battery varieties

• Hydrogen Vitality Enterprise Growth

• Improve the event of next-generation gas cell programs, hydrogen buses, and vans
• Goal to solidify international management in hydrogen gas cell autos
• Construct a hydrogen ecosystem in addition to a full end-to-end hydrogen worth chain spanning manufacturing, provide, storage, and utilization with varied Hyundai Motor Group associates

R&D funding will concentrate on strengthening the Group’s competitiveness within the mobility trade and creating 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 know-how methods to fulfill the wants and environments of key international markets

Capital funding will likely be directed to reinforce manufacturing optimization in Korea, innovation in manufacturing know-how, and the growth of customer support hubs.

• Hyundai Motor Group’s World Enterprise Complicated (GBC)

• Development will start after finishing the Seoul metropolis allow course of
• GBC will likely be a world innovation hub in addition to a landmark for Korea and can create important 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 world mobility innovation hub, and additional energize the nationwide financial system.