Kia announced today (20th) through a public announcement that it has not yet decided on the'Apple car production theory'.



Kia said in the public announcement, "We are reviewing cooperation with a number of overseas companies regarding the autonomous electric vehicle business, but it has not been decided yet."



Prior to this, on the 8th, Hyundai Motor Company made almost the same position as Kia, saying, "We are receiving requests for cooperation in joint development of electric vehicles from a number of companies, but it has not been decided at an early stage." It.



The stock market seems to be flustered yesterday at the report that Kia was caught up in the Hyundai Motor Group to take over the production of Apple cars.



Kia recorded an upper limit in after-hours trading the previous day, and then rose to 99,000 won during the intraday, ranking in the top 10 in market cap.



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