Hyundai Motor, Kia, K-Autonomous Driving Ecosystem to Be 'self-driving city'

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Hyundai Motor and Kia were selected as automobile manufacturers and transportation platform companies in the "K-Autonomous Driving Cooperation Model," part of the "Autonomous Driving Demonstration City Creation Project" organized by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. This project is the first in Korea to demonstrate autonomous driving technology at the city level and will be carried out throughout Gwangju Metropolitan City. Through this, it plans to secure large-scale real-world driving data and simultaneously promote the establishment of autonomous vehicle technology standards and related system maintenance.

Hyundai Motor and Kia were finally selected as operators in recognition of their ability to manufacture customized autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence-based software technology.Hyundai Motor is in charge of making vehicles exclusively for autonomous driving development. It plans to supply dedicated vehicles suitable for autonomous driving technology developers by implementing various functions such as additional sensor installation, vehicle control linkage, and wireless update (OTA) according to autonomous driving technology methods.

It plans to support the advancement of domestic autonomous driving technology by collecting large-scale real-world driving data generated during the demonstration process.Kia is in charge of operating the platform to verify the commercialization of autonomous driving services. Based on the 'Shuckle Platform' whose effectiveness has been verified, it supplies a platform specializing in autonomous driving and provides a standard interlocking environment so that various autonomous driving development companies can participate.

It plans to check the stability of the service and support ecosystem expansion through autonomous driving control and transportation brokerage functions.With this selection, Hyundai Motor and Kia will establish a standard model in which vehicles, technologies, and platforms are organically linked, contributing to South Korea's leap forward as an autonomous driving powerhouse. The two companies plan to focus on enhancing the practicality of autonomous driving technology and strengthening global competitiveness through dedicated vehicles and platforms that will be operated throughout the demonstration city.

Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor introduced a strategy through the CEO of the joint venture, Moral, to handle more than 90% of driving judgments through Generative AI based "LDM" and to achieve commercialization of unmanned robotaxi by the end of 2026 by supplementing the existing "Safety Guardrail" system for 1% of unexpected situations.

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