Hyundai Motor to launch first battery-powered electric car in 2016

Hyundai Motor Co. will roll out a battery-powered electric vehicle in 2016. The carmaker’s affiliate, Kia, recently disclosed that it will commence producing a battery-powered version of its Soul compact in South Korea in April
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HughJass - 3/14/2014 8:44:15 PM

+1 Boost

Adding a "their" would clarify that this was going to be Hyundai's first battery car (as the article states first sentence) as opposed to making people think Hyundai was the first to release a battery powered car.

Anyway, the Korea government must have order Hyundai to fast track this so all those Samsung batteries didn't go to waste after Tesla shot them down and passed to stick with Panasonic.

I'd rather wait for the Gen 3 Tesla and drive around in something I don't have to be ashamed of.