EU Ambassador Visits Renault Busan Plant... 'Grand Koleos' Also Delivered as Company Car

Renault Korea announced that Maria Castillo Fernandez, Ambassador of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Korea, visited the Renault Korea Busan Plant on the 19th.

Ambassador Fernandez, along with Andreas Hoiberger, Counselor and Administrative Officer, Walter van Hatum, Economic and Trade Counselor, and Jerome Sikeh, Trade Officer from the EU Delegation to Korea, visited the Busan Plant to listen to key issues and tour the facilities.

Stephan Deleuze, President of Renault Korea (right in the photo), is touring the factory facilities together with Maria Castillo Fernandez, the EU Ambassador to Korea, who visited the Busan plant on the 19th. Photo by Renault Korea

The Renault Korea Busan Plant halted production for the entire month of January this year to transition into a future electric vehicle production base and conducted a large-scale update on a total of 68 pieces of equipment. Through this renovation, the plant has acquired the capability to produce internal combustion engine vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and pure electric vehicles on a single mixed production line.

In addition to the currently produced models?Koleos, Arkana, QM6, and SM6?the Busan Plant will begin cooperative production of the pure electric Polestar 4 starting in the second half of this year.

Meanwhile, a handover ceremony for the 'Koleos E-Tech Hybrid,' which will be used as the official vehicle by the EU Ambassador to Korea, was also held at the Busan Plant on the same day.

Ambassador Fernandez said, "I chose the Renault brand and purchased the vehicle myself because of the excellent fuel efficiency of the Koleos E-Tech Hybrid," adding, "I actively support Renault Korea's eco-friendly policies and wish for the successful launch of the Aurora Project in the future."

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