Hyundai Motor Group and Korea Expressway Corporation to jointly research intelligent charging and Physical AI technologies for highway rest areas

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Hyundai Motor Group has partnered with Korea Expressway Corporation to research and validate next-generation charging infrastructure and Physical AI technologies leveraging the highway network. On the 1st, Hyundai Motor Group announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on September 30 for "Cooperation on Research and Validation of Next-Generation Intelligent Charging Infrastructure and Physical AI Technologies Based on Highways" with Korea Expressway Corporation at the Hyundai Motor-Kia Yangjae Headquarters. Attending the signing ceremony were Jung Ho-geun, Vice President and Head of the Future Strategy Division at Hyundai Motor Group, Jo Seong-min, Director of the Road Traffic Research Institute at Korea Expressway Corporation, and other relevant officials from both sides.

This agreement was initiated as the need to expand charging infrastructure and introduce automation and intelligent technologies in the highway sector has grown with the accelerating transition to electric vehicles. The two institutional investors will utilize the nationwide highway network as a large-scale validation platform to jointly verify next-generation charging technologies and Physical AI technologies.

The specific areas of cooperation total three. First is "Research on Next-Generation Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for Highway Rest Areas," which utilizes rest areas as hubs for new charging technologies. Second is "Research on Highway Safety Maintenance Technologies Based on Physical AI," which supports data accumulation in collaboration with startups invested in by Zero One. Third is the joint development of future road technologies based on Hyundai Motor Group's business experience and Korea Expressway Corporation's research capabilities.

Through this agreement, Hyundai Motor Group will be able to comprehensively validate next-generation charging technologies and the Physical AI technologies of startups invested in by Zero One in large-scale outdoor infrastructure environments. Jung Ho-geun, Vice President and Head of the Future Strategy Division at Hyundai Motor Group, stated that robotics and mobility technologies must undergo real-world field validation to be completed, and noted that Korea Expressway Corporation's highway infrastructure is the optimal stage for large-scale validation.

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