Hyundai boosted production in March, so now its cars sit in U.S. ports
 

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As Detroit's automakers shut production in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, South Korea's Hyundai Motor cranked up its factories back home to ship cars to the United States, a move that is proving costly for the world's fifth-largest auto group. Hyundai ramped up domestic production to as much as 98% of capacity by late March, not only as the Korean market was recovering from a bad February but also because it bet on demand for Tucson SUVs and other models from U.S. customers, its biggest<p><a href="https://www.autoblog.com/2020/04/22/hyundai-cars-sitting-in-port-us-sales/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Hyundai boosted production in March, so now its cars sit in U.S. ports</em></a></p>
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