Hyundai cars to ditch cigarette lighter socket

SEOUL: Hyundai Motor recently announced it would stop putting cigarette lighter sockets in cars made for the domestic market in favor of a USB power point.

The South Korean auto giant said its decision would affect all passenger cars and SUVs sold at home from this month. A company spokesman said the carmaker was “the first auto company in the world” to make the change, adding Hyundai would survey consumers in other countries to see whether the change should be adopted elsewhere.