Hyundai Motor Group Provides 1.2 Billion KRW Support for Mobility-Disadvantaged

30 Welfare Vehicles and 150 Electric Mobility Devices, etc.

Hyundai Motor Group announced on the 5th that it held the 'Mobility Support Project Delivery Ceremony for Mobility-Impaired Persons' at Kia Vision Square in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, to support vehicles and other means to improve the mobility rights of mobility-impaired individuals. About 40 officials attended the event, including Han Yong-bin, Vice Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group; Hwang In-sik, Secretary General of the Community Chest of Korea; Jeong Seok-wang, President of the Korea Association of Welfare Facilities for the Disabled; Jeong Jin-wan, President of the Korea Spinal Cord Injury Association; Park Kyung-soon, President of the Korea Association of Rehabilitation Counselors for the Disabled; and Kim Dong-beom, Secretary General of the Korea Federation of Organizations of the Disabled.

This year’s supported items include 24 Kia Ray welfare vehicles, 6 Carnival welfare vehicles, and 105 electric assistive devices (49 electric wheelchairs and 56 electric scooters), totaling approximately 1.2 billion KRW. Notably, the Ray and Carnival were developed by Easy Move, a social enterprise nurtured by Hyundai Motor Group, and feature designs optimized for wheelchair users.

These vehicles will be used to support daily living and nursing services for people with severe disabilities residing in facilities nationwide. The electric assistive devices will be delivered to people with moderate to mild disabilities. The final beneficiaries of these items are selected and delivered through evaluations conducted by the Korea Association of Welfare Facilities for the Disabled, the Korea Spinal Cord Injury Association, the Korea Association of Rehabilitation Counselors for the Disabled, and the Korea Federation of Organizations of the Disabled.

This project is a social contribution activity that Hyundai Motor Group has been conducting since 2011. It has donated welfare vehicles, bicycles for the disabled, electric scooters for the elderly, and muscle assist devices, with a cumulative donation amount of approximately 7.9 billion KRW to date.

A Hyundai Motor Group official stated, “We hope Hyundai Motor Group’s mobility support activities can be a small help for better mobility and, ultimately, a better life for mobility-impaired individuals,” adding, “We will continue various social contribution activities aimed at safe and free mobility for all mobility-impaired persons, including people with disabilities.”

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