Driving range of 720km, surpassing Toyota
Scheduled for launch in Japan in the first half of this year

Hyundai Motor Group will solidify its position as a global leader in the hydrogen sector by introducing all of its hydrogen value chains in Japan, the birthplace of hydrogen.
Especially designed for models to be launched in Japan, a vehicle-to-home (V2H) function that can supply power to homes in case of an emergency, considering disaster situations such as earthquakes and power outages. Hyundai Motors will launch The All-New Nexo in the first half of this year. In addition to passenger models, hydrogen-electric trucks and hydrogen-electric tram models will also be shown at this exhibition.

Hyundai Motor Group is also demonstrating its capabilities as an ‘energy solution company’ beyond just being an automobile manufacturer. ‘The hydrogen automatic EV charging robot,’ developed by Robotics Lab will show a charging demonstration of The All-New Nexo. This robot enables 24-hour unmanned charging without human intervention, through vision AI technology.
The company will also display a model of a packaged hydrogen-charging station to expand the hydrogen charging infrastructure. This charging station is designed to modularize core facilities in the form of containers so that they can be freely placed, both horizontally and vertically. In addition, it is considered a practical alternative to solving the problem of securing land for charging stations in urban areas, which is the biggest obstacle to the supply of hydrogen cars, by incorporating multi-layering and undergrounding technology.
Furthermore, Hyundai Motor will also unveil its hydrogen-burner technology for decarbonizing the manufacturing process. Starting with the company’s plant in Ulsan, it will convert to hydrogen about 5,000 liquefied natural gas (LNG) burners in domestic production bases and introduce it to more production bases in North America and Europe.
Hyundai Motor established a hydrogen research and development organization in 1998 and has been conducting research for 30 years.

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Ranked Asia’s No. 1 automaker
“Sales sustainability is excellent
and this future vehicle growth engine is robust.”

Hyundai Motors was ranked 33rd globally, getting ahead of Toyota (48th) and taking Asia’s No. 1 position in TIME magazine’s ‘World’s Best Companies 2025.”
TIME considers companies’ performance over the past three years as key evaluation criteria. Hyundai Motors’ sales grew by 23% from KRW 142 trillion in 2022 to KRW 175 trillion last year, demonstrating significant growth. Meanwhile, its operating profit increased by 45% from KRW 9.8 trillion to KRW 14.2 trillion over the same period.

Despite concerns about the impact of U.S. tariffs that began late last year, the electric vehicle (EV) chasm (temporary stagnation in demand), and the pursuit of Chinese competitors, Hyundai Motors’ steadily recovered performance strategy with increased sales of high-value-added products has worked. It read industry shifts in advance and has responded to the crisis by significantly increasing the proportion of hybrid cars, high-value-added sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and Genesis, its luxury brand.
Hyundai Motors is pursuing a 100% renewable energy transition (RE100) across all establishments, in line with its vision of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045, by signing large-scale renewable energy purchase contracts in Korea, the USA, and India.

Hyundai Motors has clearly shown improvement as it is consistently highly ranked, rising from 151st place in 2023, when TIME began evaluating the world’s 1,000 Best Companies, to 192nd in 2024, and to 33rd this year. This year, it has risen 159 places within just one year compared to last year. On the other hand, Toyota has shown significant fluctuations, from ranking 329th in 2023, to no ranking in 2024, and then ranking 48th this year.

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