Hyundai opens high-tech Singapore electric car factory

Chang Jae-hoon, president and chief executive officer of Hyundai Motor, speaks at the opening of Hyundai Motor Group’s first smart urban mobility hub in Singapore on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. - AFP

SINGAPORE (AFP): Hyundai opened a high-tech electric vehicle factory in Singapore on Tuesday that the South Korean auto giant says will be a "pillar" of its electrification strategy in the coming decades.

Half of the tasks at the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore will be done by 200 robots, and it will use new production methods that will move away from traditional conveyor belts, the company said in a statement.