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  "id": 14095291,
  "title": "Lexus launches all-new ES sedan in Korea with first all-electric variant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/lexus-launches-all-new-es-sedan-in-korea-with-first-all-electric-14095291",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-13T02:27:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261013/lexus-launches-all-new-es-sedan-in-korea-with-first-all-electric-variant"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lexus Korea launched the eighth-generation ES sedan in Korea on Tuesday, featuring a complete redesign of the luxury model first introduced in 1989. The new lineup includes five battery electric vehicle (BEV) variants and four hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) variants, with prices starting at 71.6 million won ($53,564) and reaching 84.9 million won. The all-electric ES 350e variant offers a driving range of up to 478 kilometers and can recharge from 10 percent to 80 percent in about 28 minutes.\n\nSeparately, senior diplomats from South Korea, the United States, and Japan held telephone consultations on Tuesday to discuss responses to North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launches. According to the South Korean foreign ministry, Baek Yong-jin spoke with U.S. State Department deputy assistant secretary David Wilezol and Japanese foreign ministry senior official Takashi Ariyoshi to share information. This follows Monday missile launches toward the East Sea reported by the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff and a North Korean claim that a tactical ballistic missile was test-fired the previous day.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lexus launches all-new ES sedan in S. Korea with first all-electric variant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/lexus-launches-all-new-es-sedan-in-s-korea-with-first-all-electric",
        "published": "2026-10-13T01:35:46.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lexus launches all-new ES sedan in Korea with first all-electric variant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/lexus-launches-all-new-es-sedan-in-korea-with-first-all-electric",
        "published": "2026-10-13T02:07:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}