Hyundai Motor’s Elec City buses on Japan’s Yakushima Island

Hyundai Motor’s Elec City buses on Japan’s Yakushima Island

Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chair Chang Jae-hoon, center, poses with Iwasaki Group CEO Yoshitaro Iwasaki, fourth from right, after supplying its Elec City electric buses on Yakushima Island, a tropical island off the southern coast of Kyushu, Japan, Monday. The region is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The carmaker said it hopes to set an exemplary case for eco-friendly mobility for the island. Courtesy of Hyundai Motor

Hyundai debuts in Japan delivering a batch of 9-meter BEV buses - Sustainable Bus

Hyundai Motor Company delivered last week e-buses in Japan for the first time. A batch of 5 Hyundai Elec City Town electric buses were indeed supplied to Tanegashima Yakushima Kotsu, a regional transportation and tourism service provider operated by the Iwasaki Group in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. They’ll be in operation on UNESCO site Yakushima island starting in June 2025. Although these are BEV buses, the Korean brand is quite active in the …

Hyundai Motor makes first-ever delivery of EV buses in Japan - News Today

Tokyo,  Apr 22: Hyundai Motor said on Monday it has delivered five electric buses to the transportation unit of Japan’s Iwasaki Group, marking its first commercial electric bus delivery in the neighbouring country. The South Korean automaker held a delivery ceremony for the Elec City Town buses with Iwasaki Group in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture. The units were delivered to Tanegashima-Yakushima Kotsu Co. under the Japanese group, reports Yon…

Hyundai Motor Deploys Zero-emission ELEC CITY TOWN Bus on Japan's Yakushima Island to Lead Clean Public Transport Transition

Hyundai Motor holds handover ceremony with Iwasaki Group on Yakushima Island, Japan, for Hyundai ELEC CITY TOWN electric buses Hyundai ELEC CITY TOWN buses are optimized for Yakushima's environment, with Vehicle Dynamics Control and advanced battery management and cooling systems The...

Hyundai launches Zero-Emission ELEC CITY TOWN Bus on Yakushima Island to boost clean transit

Hyundai Motor Company has delivered its ELEC CITY TOWN electric buses to Tanegashima Yakushima Kotsu, a regional transport and tourism operator under Japan’s Iwasaki Group. The move supports the shift to zero-emission public transport on Yakushima Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A handover ceremony was held in Kagoshima Prefecture, attended by Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chair Jaehoon Chang, Hyundai Mobility Japan CEO Toshiyuki Shimegi, Iwasa…