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title: "South Korea's Kia cuts 2030 EV target over 20%, plans humanoid robots at U.S. factory"
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description: "South Korea's Kia Corp has reduced its 2030 electric vehicle sales target by 20% to 1 million units, down from 1.26 million, due to weaker demand and the impact of U.S. EV subsidy cuts. The total vehicle sales goal has also been adjusted to 4.13 million from 4.19 million. Additionally, Kia plans to introduce Atlas humanoid robots at its Georgia factory starting in 2029."
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# South Korea's Kia cuts 2030 EV target over 20%, plans humanoid robots at U.S. factory

SEOUL, April 9 (Reuters) - South Korea's Kia Corp ( KIMTF ) said on Thursday that it aims to sell 1 million electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030, lowering its earlier target by about 20% from 1.26 million announced last year, reflecting weaker EV demand and the impact of the U.S. scrapping EV subsidies last year.

The automaker also trimmed its total vehicle sales goal, targeting 4.13 million vehicles by 2030, down from an earlier target of 4.19 million units.

Kia also said it plans to deploy Atlas humanoid robots, developed by Boston Dynamics, at its own Georgia factory starting 2029, according to its presentation slides for investors.

(Reporting by Heekyong Yang and Hyunjoo Jin;Editing by Shri Navaratnam)

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