As Kia inaugurates an electric vehicle plant in South Korea, Steven Center, COO of Kia America, discusses the company's EV direction, new logo and new version of the Sorento EV. He also discusses the challenges of competing with unionized U.S. plants that benefit from a $7,500 tax credit.
Kia Corp, formerly Kia Motors Corp, is a Korea-based company principally engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of automobiles. The Company's products include passenger vehicles, recreational vehicles (RVs), taxi, bus, commercial vehicles as well as hybrid vehicles under the brand names of K3, K5, K7, K9, Soul, Sedona, Sorento, Sportage and others. In addition, the Company also engaged in the manufacturing of automobile components, as well as prevision of rental and maintenance services. The Company sells its products in domestic and overseas market such as North America, Europe and other Asian countries.
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