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Hyundai Motor heir takes over from father after 20 years in waiting

Hyundai Motor Company Chairman Euisun Chung speaks next to a Sonata plug-in hybrid in Detroit, Michigan January 12, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo

Hyundai Motor Group appointed Euisun Chung as group chairman on Wednesday, cementing his succession from his octogenarian father in a move likely to give impetus to the world’s fifth-largest automaker’s push into electric vehicles and flying cars.

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