Hyundai

Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean automaker headquartered in Seoul. Chung Ju-yung founded Hyundai Engineering and Construction in 1947, and the car company was established in 1967. The company reports results in won. It has a design and engineering center in Namyang, and it has pushed into hydrogen fuel cells with models such as the Nexo, as well as battery electric cars.

The firm sells sedans, SUVs, trucks and buses, including the Elantra, Tucson, Santa Fe and Ioniq electric line. Its luxury brand is Genesis, and it works closely with Kia, which it partly owns. Together they form Hyundai Motor Group.

Hyundai has factories in South Korea, the United States, India, Turkey and other countries. The group also owns Hyundai Mobis for parts and holds the robot maker Boston Dynamics. Its shares are listed in Seoul. The group also owns steelmaker Hyundai Steel and shipbuilding and construction affiliates. Hyundai sells its cars in about 200 countries and has factories in Alabama, India and the Czech Republic. Its rivals include Toyota and Volkswagen.