Hyundai Delivers Electric Buses In Japan

Seoul: 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 Yonhap news agency. The ceremony was attended by around 80 participants, including Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chairman Chang Jae-hoon, Toshiyuki Shimegi, head of Hyundai Mobility Japan Co., and Iwasaki Group President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Yoshitaro Iwasaki.

Chang highlighted the significance of Yakushima's environment for testing sustainable mobility solutions.

"Yakushima is the kind of special environment where the value of mobility solutions truly shines," he said. "We hope to present a model of coexistence between environment, technology and the local community."