Hyundai Motor currently operates a hydrogen fuel cell systems plant in China. If built, the domestic facility will be the carmaker’s second such plant globally. The company will begin the plant’s construction within the year at its mainstay car manufacturing plant in Ulsan, about 305 kilometers southeast of Seoul. The government will spend 129.3 billion won ($88.6 million) this year to support projects aimed at developing technologies that will help achieve carbon neutrality and ensure a stable supply of energy. South Korea has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent from the 2018 levels by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2050. The first plant in Guangzhou began operations in 2023. It is capable of manufacturing hydrogen fuelcell systems that can power 6,500 hydrogen commercial vehicles. Hydrogen fuel cell Systems produced at the new plant may be used in the Nexo hydrogenfuel cell electric vehicle (EV), hydrogen-powered Elec City bus and hydrogen trucks. The plant is expected to open in 2028, according to the company’s labour union website.