Kia America kicked off an early start to celebrating the arrival of 2023 with a nationwide tour of the iconic Times Square New Year’s Eve Numerals that will illuminate New York City’s Times Square on December 31, when the Ball Drops and the New Year begins. Yesterday, the 2023 Numerals departed the Kia Forum in Los Angeles and began a coast-to-coast road trip designed to bring the excitement and anticipation of the New Year to people across the country. The Numerals are being towed by a 2023 Kia Telluride X-Pro, and along the 2,795 mile journey, the 2023 Numerals will stop in exciting locations in conjunction with special holiday events to help share the anticipation.

Kia America is continuing its foray into web3, which incorporates concepts such as decentralization, blockchain technologies, and token-based economics, with its “Legends of the Driveway” NFT collection in light of “Giving Tuesday” on November 29. The project is designed to help drive fundraising for MobilizeGreen, a national nonprofit that has engaged more than 2,500 young people of color in paid “green” and STEM-focused career-pathway internships in collaboration with government agency partners since 2014.

Kia America is continuing its foray into web3, which incorporates concepts such as decentralization, blockchain technologies, and token-based economics, with its “Legends of the Driveway” NFT collection in light of “Giving Tuesday” on November 29.  The project is designed to help drive fundraising for MobilizeGreen, a national nonprofit that has engaged more than 2,500 young people of color in paid “green” and STEM-focused career-pathway internships in collaboration with government agency partners since 2014.

Kia America today announced the fast-growing brand’s 2022 Year-End Sales Event in which it will make a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for each new Kia vehicle sold and delivered in the U.S. between November 11 to December 31, 2022. The minimum $1,000,000 donation is Kia’s third act of giving to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital this year, and the latest activity from Kia’s “Accelerate The Good” charitable initiative, which has donated more than $14 million to various causes since 2019. Earlier this year, Kia donated to St. Jude as part of the 10 millionth Kia vehicle sold in the U.S., and again as part of the groundbreaking announcement for a new assembly plant in the state of Georgia.

Kia America has donated a custom 2023 Sportage SUV to Sea Turtle Inc., a non-profit organization based in South Padre Island, Texas, which is dedicated to the conservation and rehabilitation of the endangered sea turtle population. The vehicle donation is the second phase of the partnership between Kia and Sea Turtle Inc., a relationship which began in April of this year and included a monetary donation designed to help the organization upgrade their facilities. The partnership is part of Kia’s “Accelerate The Good” CSR initiatives.

Kia America has donated a custom 2023 Sportage SUV to Sea Turtle Inc., a non-profit organization based in South Padre Island, Texas, which is dedicated to the conservation and rehabilitation of the endangered sea turtle population. The vehicle donation is the second phase of the partnership between Kia and Sea Turtle Inc., a relationship which began in April of this year and included a monetary donation designed to help the organization upgrade their facilities. The partnership is part of Kia’s “Accelerate The Good” CSR initiatives.

Kia America announced $600,000 in donations to four Bryan County charities as part of groundbreaking celebrations for the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant near Savannah, Georgia. The funds will be used to help provide housing, medical care, meals and help provide greater access to digital learning for families and children in need in the region.

Aerial view of HMGMA

From left, Trip Tollison (President and CEO of the Savannah Economic Development Authority), Pat Wilson (Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development), Jose Munoz (President and COO of Hyundai Motor Company), Seungkyu Yoon (Executive Vice President and Head of Kia North America), Jaehoon Chang (President and CEO of Hyundai Motor Company), Tae-yong Cho (South Korean ambassador to the United States), Euisun Chung (Executive Chair of Hyundai Motor Group), Brian P. Kemp (Governor of Georgia), Buddy Carter (United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 1st Congressional District), Raphael Warnock (United States Senator from Georgia), Jon Ossoff (United States Senator from Georgia), Don Graves (United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce), Carter Infinger (Chairman of the Bryan County Commission), and Anna Chafin (Chief Executive Officer at Development Authority of Bryan County)

From left, Jose Munoz (President and COO of Hyundai Motor Company), Seungkyu Yoon (Executive Vice President and Head of Kia North America), Jaehoon Chang (President and CEO of Hyundai Motor Company), Tae-yong Cho (South Korean ambassador to the United States), Euisun Chung (Executive Chair of Hyundai Motor Group), Brian P. Kemp (Governor of Georgia), Buddy Carter (United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 1st Congressional District), Raphael Warnock (United States Senator from Georgia), Jon Ossoff (United States Senator from Georgia), Don Graves (United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce)

From left, Jose Munoz (President and COO of Hyundai Motor Company), Seungkyu Yoon (Executive Vice President and Head of Kia North America), Jaehoon Chang (President and CEO of Hyundai Motor Company), Tae-yong Cho (South Korean ambassador to the United States), Euisun Chung (Executive Chair of Hyundai Motor Group), Brian P. Kemp (Governor of Georgia), Buddy Carter (United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 1st Congressional District), Raphael Warnock (United States Senator from Georgia), Jon Ossoff (United States Senator from Georgia), Don Graves (United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce)

From left, Euisun Chung (Executive Chair of Hyundai Motor Group), Brian P. Kemp (Governor of Georgia), and Jose Munoz (President & COO of Hyundai Motor Company)

Executive Chair of Hyundai Motor Group Euisun Chung, giving remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony

At groundbreaking celebrations today for the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant (HMGMA), it was revealed that production is expected to begin in the first half of 2025 at the dedicated electric vehicle (EV) and battery plant facility.

Three years after bursting onto the scene as one of the most in-demand and award-winning SUVs in the U.S., the Kia Telluride returns to the state of Texas, where the vehicle’s historic success was jumpstarted in 2019 when it was recognized as the “SUV of Texas” by the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA). With the famous San Antonio Riverwalk as the backdrop, top media outlets from around the country converged on the Lone Star State to get behind the wheel of the 2023 Telluride, which showed off notable enhancements that build upon the success of the original, including two new rugged trim levels (X-Line and X-Pro) that help the Telluride track further through urban, suburban, off-road and ranch-style landscapes.