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Georgia will give Hyundai Motor Group a projected $2.1 billion in tax breaks and other incentives to build electric cars and batteries in the state.

A federal judge on Wednesday declined to approve a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit prompted by a surge in Hyundai and Kia vehicle thefts, saying it fails to provide “fair and adequate” relief to vehicle owners.

Hyundai and Kia will provide free theft deterrent software updates to millions of vehicle owners whose vehicles lack an immobilizer, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office announced.

Major auto insurers like Allstate, State Farm and Progressive are refusing to write policies for Kia and Hyundai vehicles in certain cities. Tell us if you’ve had any issues with insurance on your Kia or Hyundai.

The top four vote-getters will go before the News4JAX review board to see who wins a 2023 Hyundai Tucson SUV.

U.S. regulators say multiple U.S. owners of Hyundai’s popular Ioniq 5 electric SUV have complained of completely or partially losing propulsive power, many after hearing a loud popping noise.

New York City has filed a lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia, claiming that the automakers’ vehicles are too susceptible to theft.

Hyundai Motor America and Kia America will resolve class-action lawsuit prompted by a surge in vehicle thefts with a settlement agreement that could be valued at $200 million, the automakers announced Friday.

Police started warning the public about a social media trend that continues to increase Hyundai and Kia car thefts across the United States in 2022.

Hyundai and Kia are telling owners of over 571,000 SUVs and minivans in the U.S. to park them outdoors because the tow hitch harnesses can catch fire while they are parked or being driven.

Starting Jan. 1, many Americans will qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying an electric vehicle.

The St. Augustine teacher's aide who won the Hyundai Hometown Heroes free car giveaway received her new ride Friday.

Electric vehicles, or EVs for short, have been the hot car commodity for 2022, as their sales were up nearly 82% from 2021 and now make up 5% of the total market, according to Edmunds data.

A well-deserved gift for Command Sergeant Major Andrew Wynn Sr. on Veterans Day.

‘My life has been a blessing’: Army veteran wins Hyundai Hometown Hero

Nominate a military servicemember or veteran who displays the Hometown Hero attitude.

Nominate a military servicemember or veteran who displays the Hometown Hero attitude.

Nominate a military servicemember or veteran who displays the Hometown Hero attitude.

Jacksonville Beach Police officer who won Hyundai Hometown Hero contest drives away in new SUV.

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is urging the U.S. Treasury secretary to use “flexibility” in defining how automakers and consumers qualify for a revised tax credit for Americans buying electric vehicles.

Hyundai and Kia are telling owners of some of their large SUVs to park them outdoors and away from buildings after a series of fires involving trailer hitch wiring.

Our first responders without a doubt deserve the world, and how cool would it be to help one of them win a free car?

Our first responders without a doubt deserve the world, and how cool would it be to help one of them win a free car?

Our first responders without a doubt deserve the world, and how cool would it be to help one of them win a free car?

Our first responders without a doubt deserve the world, and how cool would it be to help one of them win a free car?

The state of Georgia and local governments are giving Hyundai Motor Group incentives worth $1.8 billion to build electric vehicles in the state.

Clogged oil ports, electrical shorts and leaks of brake fluid are only some of the safety problems that have caused multiple fires and forced Hyundai and Kia to recall millions of vehicles in the past seven years.

Georgia officials are close to finalizing a deal with automaker Hyundai to build a $5.5 billion electric car plant near Savannah.

What a week for Robert Wickens, who picked up his second win in seven days on Saturday and also celebrated the birth of his first child.

Take a look at this exciting footage of the U.S Army Parachute Team putting on a show with smoke canisters and aerial stunts over Miami Beach on Saturday.

The St. Augustine teacher's aide who won the Hyundai Hometown Heroes free car giveaway received her new ride Friday.

Out of more than 200 local teachers, one St. Augustine educator was picked as the Hyundai Hometown Hero.

Hyundai Motor Group confirmed Friday the company will spend $5.5 billion on a huge electric vehicle plant near Savannah that will employ thousands — a deal Georgia’s governor called the largest economic development project in the state’s history.

A U.S. official familiar with the project says South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Group is expected to announce its plans next week to build a massive electric vehicle plant near Savannah, Georgia.

Our teachers without a doubt deserve the world, but how cool would it be to help one of them win a free car?

Our first responders without a doubt deserve the world, but how cool would it be to help one of them win a free car?

Two people were injured, according to troopers, after a semitruck overturned on westbound Interstate 10 just before Chaffee Road, causing a fuel leak that shut down the interstate for hours Tuesday morning during rush hour as the Hazmat team was called to clean up the spill and crews worked to get the semi back upright.

Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of nearly 485,000 vehicles in the U.S. to park them outdoors because they can catch fire even if the engines are off.

The European Union has rejected the merger between South Korean shipbuilders Hyundai and Daewoo.

Germany’s new government says it is extending the country’s current incentive payments for buyers of electric and hybrid cars by a year.

SUVs are everywhere these days, and automakers have been rolling out hybrid variants that combine fuel efficiency and utility in one package.

One adult and one child were hospitalized after they were involved in a wreck Saturday caused by a car fleeing from police, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man was killed and two women were seriously injured early Saturday morning in a wrong-way crash involving two cars and a tractor-trailer on I-295 near Beach Boulevard. Southbound lanes reopened at 8 p.m.FHP: Man dead, 2 women seriously injured in wrong-way crash on I-295 at Beach Blvd around 3 a.m. Southbound I-295 still closed. The 23-year-old man driving the BMW was not wearing a seat belt and suffered fatal injuries, troopers said. Troopers said the 22-year-old woman driving the Hyundai, who is listed as being from Corpus Christi, Texas, and a 48-year-old woman driving the semi were both wearing seat belts. A deadly crash was reported Saturday morning on I-295 near Beach Boulevard.

This photo provided by Hyundai Motor America shows Olabasi Boyle. Olabisi Boyle, vice president of product planning and mobility strategy at Hyundai Motor North America, has seen plenty of change during her decades in the industry. (Hagop Istanboulian/Hyundai Motor America via AP)Olabisi Boyle, vice president of product planning and mobility strategy at Hyundai Motor North America, has seen plenty of change during her decades in the industry. A: There’s what we like to call “urban air mobility vehicles" instead of flying cars. Where it gets into the urban mobility and how they interact is we want to have, going into the future, multi-modal solutions for people.

DETROIT – Kia is recalling nearly 295,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the engines can stall or catch fire. Kia says in documents posted Saturday by the U.S. government that no manufacturing defect has been found, but it's recalling the vehicles to mitigate any risk of fire. The recall comes after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began investigating Kia and Hyundai engine fires in 2019. Kia must pay $27 million and invest $16 million on safety performance measures. Another $27 million payment will be deferred as long as Kia meets safety conditions, the NHTSA said.

A white former Philadelphia police officer was charged Friday with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man after a high-speed car chase nearly three years ago. Four other officers who were on the scene and had taken cover did not fire their weapons, according to a grand jury presentment. The grand jury said Ruch shot Plowden in the head without justification as Plowden looked “dazed and lost on the sidewalk." According to the grand jury, Ruch and his partner began following Plowden and asked police dispatch to check the registration of his car. Ruch fired the fatal shot just 6 to 8 seconds after getting to the crash scene, the grand jury said.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A woman who stopped to help after another driver struck and killed two horses on U.S. 301 was hit and killed after she got out of her car, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The horses died from their injuries, troopers said. She stopped to help, got out of her car and started to walk over to the other driver. But at the same moment, a red Kia Forte that was also headed south on 301 hit one of the horses lying in the roadway, flipping the Kia, which hit Nault and her Hyundai. She tried to save her mother, but Nault died at the scene.

The 2020 Super Bowl has come and gone, and as usual, everyone seems to be talking about the great commercials they saw, and just how great Jennifer Lopez and Shakira were during the halftime performance. Most unexpected cry: GoogleDid anyone else suddenly find themselves sobbing during the first half of the game during the Google commercial? The commercial featured extraordinary Americans doing extraordinary things. Most likely to make you want to crash the patriarchy: MicrosoftIn case you didn’t know, this year’s big game featured the first woman to coach during a Super Bowl. She didn’t become the first woman to help coach a team to a Super Bowl victory, but we’ve got a feeling she’ll be getting there very soon.

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. Three people, including a husband and wife from St. Marys, were killed and the couples two children were injured in a head-on crash Saturday night in Alachua County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. According to the Highway Patrol, a Hyundai Elantra was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of S.R. Troopers said the driver of the Toyota -- Christopher Hesling, 30, of St. Marys, Georgia -- and one of the passengers -- Brittany Hesling, 31, of St. Marys -- died. The Highway Patrol report shows Brittany Hesling was not wearing a seat belt. The pair most recently lived in a neighborhood near downtown St. Marys with their two children.

Hyundai does not intend to be left behind in the high-stakes race to build mass-market electric and self-driving cars. (CNN) - Hyundai does not intend to be left behind in the high-stakes race to build mass-market electric and self-driving cars. The race to get fully autonomous cars on the roads is underway globally, and carmakers are under pressure to either get on board or risk getting left behind. Ford and Baidu have teamed up to develop self-driving cars in China. And Volkswagen started testing electric cars fitted with autonomous technology on a section of Hamburg's streets.

(CNN) - Just two years ago, India's huge car market was booming and global players were rushing to invest. "This is a very deep sort of a slump that is impacting every segment of the industry," Mathur said. Before the slump hit, India was predicted to overtake Germany and Japan to become the world's third largest car market by 2020 behind only China and the United States. India is one of several big car markets to face a major slump, as the global car industry struggles with trade tensions, an economic slowdown, new technologies and regulatory changes. The world's biggest car market, China, shrank for the first time in more than two decades in 2018.

U.S. auto sales dipped for the fifth month in a row in May, with a 0.5 percent decrease and more than 1.5 million vehicles sold, The Associated Press reported. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Hyundai and Toyota reported decreases in sales last month compared to May 2016. IHS Markit analyst Tom Libby told the AP that despite good economic factors, like low unemployment and gas prices, there could be a decrease in auto sales for all of 2017. The past two years saw record sales of about 17.5 million vehicles, which analysts say could account for the lack of demand, the AP reported. Libby's firm reduced its 2017 sales forecast from 17.4 million to 17.3 million, the AP reported.