In 1968, the Cortina was the first car to roll out of Hyundai's Ulsan plant in South Korea. The four-door sedan was essentially a rebadged Ford, but it set in motion a manufacturing phenomenon that became home to some of Hyundai’s most popular cars like the Getz, Accent, Elantra, and Sonata, among many others. Fast forward by over five decades, and the Ulsan complex seems poised to undergo one of its most significant transformations in history: becoming an electric vehicle production powerhouse.
