SEOUL (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor plans to speculate about 61.1 trillion gained ($51.81 billion) between 2020 and 2025, the corporate mentioned on Wednesday, with a 3rd of the expenditure centered on electrical and autonomous autos, however analysts wish to see it ship.
FILE PHOTO: The emblem of Hyundai Motors is seen on the firm’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
The South Korean automobile maker unveiled a “Technique 2025” roadmap that envisages annual common spending of 10 trillion gained, exceeding that of earlier years, and up from a 2018 determine of 6.1 trillion gained.
Shares in Hyundai rose as a lot as 2{5048a9ac22a95e6c0a00d427d71a0d7ff263f9d98391fe7073acb5a0aa0a3f48} on the information, solely to surrender most of their beneficial properties by the shut of commerce, with analysts ready to see how its intentions translate into motion.
“Its announcement of funding plan and targets is stuffed with good phrases, however not actual outcomes but,” mentioned Lee Han-joon, an analyst at KTB Funding & Securities. “The plan itself additionally wasn’t an incredible one.”
South Korea’s high automaker is accelerating efforts to catch up within the race to carry self-driving automobiles to market.
Hyundai Motor can also be taking a look at creating flying automobiles, which could possibly be commercialized forward of probably the most superior self-driving automobiles, its govt vice chairman, Euisun Chung, has mentioned.
Making certain survival is a key activity because the auto trade’s shift in direction of zero-emission and self-driving know-how requires huge funding at a time of revenue pressured by slowing progress, Hyundai mentioned in a presentation to buyers.
Hyundai goals to commit about 20 trillion gained of the entire funding, unfold throughout six years, to future applied sciences.
It additionally set an bold deadline of 2025 to position itself among the many world’s high three makers of battery and gasoline cell autos, with annual gross sales of 670,000 electrical autos, together with 560,000 battery-based automobiles.
Hyundai plans to chop uncooked materials prices by 34.5 trillion gained via 2022.
“So, the purpose is ready, now outcomes ought to be good, with good merchandise being delivered,” mentioned Kim Jin-woo an analyst at Korea Funding & Securities.
“That’s when buyers will decide about their bets on Hyundai.”
Reporting by Ju-min Park,Choonsik Yoo and Heekyong Yang; Modifying by Kim Coghill and Clarence Fernandez