Held the 77th general shareholders’ meeting
“Strengthening new consumption trends such as non-face-to-face and digitalization”
“Establishing an ESG response system… fulfilling our responsibilities and obligations as a global company”
[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Ki-rak Kim = Kia President Song Ho-sung said that he would grow into a Tier 1 electric car brand through the success of the electric car’EV6′, which is about to be released in Korea in July.
President Song Ho-sung attended the 77th general shareholders’ meeting held in the main auditorium on the 2nd floor of the headquarters in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, and said, “Through the successful launch of the first EV6, we expanded our position in the electric vehicle market and have an electric vehicle lineup across all vehicle classes. I will grow into it,” he said.
“In the automobile industry, the market is expected to change more than ever, as new consumption trends such as non-face-to-face and digitization are reinforced along with the differentiation of the recovery rate by market.” “With the reinforcement of eco-friendly policies in each country, global electric vehicle sales are significantly increased. It is expected to grow,” he diagnosed.
In January, when Kia took off the car from the existing Kia Motors, the three concepts of’balance, rhythm, and rise’ were incorporated. In addition, the company decided to be reborn as a mobility company by changing the slogan containing the company’s vision from’Power To Surprise’ to’Movement That Inspires’.
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| [서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Ki-rak Kim = Ho-sung Song, President of Kia [사진=기아] 2021.03.22 [email protected] |
Along with this, Kia is pursuing’Plan S’, a mid- to long-term strategy for the future. ▲Electric vehicles ▲Mobility solutions ▲Mobility services ▲Purpose-based vehicles (PBVs) will expand our business to take a leading position in the future mobility industry. Kia plans to launch the EV6 EV6 based on E-GMP this year and introduce 7 electric vehicle lineups by 2026.
President Song said, “Kia will make customer value creation the goal of all business activities and innovate all internal processes from the customer’s point of view,” and promised, “In particular, we will increase customer trust by proactively responding to safety and quality issues.”
He said, “In order to bring about real change, we are internally focusing on organizational culture innovation, and we will fulfill our responsibilities and obligations as a global company by establishing an ESG response system.” ESG stands for Environment, Social Responsibility, and Governance.
To this end, Kia plans to sell 1.6 million eco-friendly vehicles annually in 2030 and increase the proportion of eco-friendly vehicles to 40% of the total sales. Of these, electric vehicles are expected to sell more than 880,000 units annually in 2030. In addition, it will invest 29 trillion won by 2025 to advance technology in the next-generation core business areas such as autonomous driving, hydrogen technology, and UAM.
President Song explained about the PBV business, “We will rapidly pioneer the PBV market using existing cars, while expanding our business through open innovation and independent platform development to become the global number 1”.
Meanwhile, at the shareholders’ meeting on the same day, Kia decided on ▲approval of financial statements ▲partial amendments to the articles of incorporation ▲appointment of internal and external directors ▲appointment of audit committee members ▲approval of the limit of remuneration for directors, etc.
President Song said to shareholders, “2021 will be a very important year for Kia’s brand innovation, business portfolio innovation, and customer-centered innovation to become visible.” It will be realized through this tangible change.”