Archive · 29 Nov 2025
Hyundai Builds New Battery R&D Center
Hyundai Motor Group is building a big new center for making and studying batteries in South Korea.
They started building it in January 2025 and will finish by the end of 2026.
The center is very large and cost a lot of money.
Hyundai wants to use this center to make better batteries for electric cars.
They also plan to spend a lot more money in the next few years to make even more electric cars and improve their technology.
By 2030, they hope to sell 3.3 million electric cars worldwide.
Hyundai Motor Group is constructing a large battery R&D center in Anseong, South Korea.
The facility, costing 1.2 trillion won, will be completed by the end of 2026.
The center aims to strengthen Hyundai's EV competitiveness through advanced battery technology.
Hyundai plans to invest 77.3 trillion won from 2026 to 2030 to accelerate electrification and innovation.
The company aims to sell 3.3 million electrified vehicles by 2030, accounting for 60% of its total sales.
- Who
- Hyundai Motor Group
- What
- Construction of a new battery R&D center
- When
- Completion by the end of 2026
- Where
- Anseong, South Korea
- Why
- To strengthen EV competitiveness and lead future mobility
- Company
- Hyundai Motor Group
- Location
- Anseong, South Korea
- Investment
- 1.2 trillion won ($818.3 million)
- Size
- 111,000 square meters
- Completion Date
- End of 2026
- Total Investment (2026-2030)
- 77.3 trillion won ($55.7 billion)
- EV Sales Goal (2030)
- 3.3 million units (60% of total)
