Hyundai Motor and Kia have promoted Vice President Yang Hee-won to president of the Total Vehicle Development (TVD) division and appointed him as the newly restructured head of R&D.
The newly appointed President Yang Hee-won is considered an expert with comprehensive skills in vehicle development, thanks to his experience in platform development, design, and as a Project Manager (PM).
The R&D division plans to accelerate Hyundai Motor and Kia’s Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) strategy by collaborating closely with the newly established Advanced Vehicle Platform (AVP) division like a ‘One team’, and to develop competitive future mobility solutions.
A spokesperson from Hyundai Motor and Kia stated, “This personnel change aims to pursue innovation in future mobility technology while also ensuring organizational stability” and added, “Through the one-team structure in R&D, we will maximize our responsiveness to the global future mobility environment.”
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