Hyundai Motor and Kia to Begin Real-World Logistics Route Validation of Level 4 Autonomous Heavy-Duty Trucks

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Hyundai Motor and Kia are embarking on large-scale technology reliability verification in real logistics environments, with the goal of commercializing Level 4 autonomous heavy-duty trucks. On the 20th, Hyundai Motor and Kia announced that they signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the "Validation of Level 4 Autonomous Truck Logistics Transportation Business" at the Namyang Technology Research Institute in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, together with Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Glovis, Mass Auto, and RideFlux.

This validation was established to directly operate Level 4 autonomous heavy-duty trucks on actual logistics routes to verify the linkage performance between vehicle control technology and autonomous driving systems, and to secure essential data for commercialization. To this end, Hyundai Motor and Kia plan to develop a total of two validation vehicles, including one XCIENT hydrogen fuel cell truck, and deploy them in early next year.

The full-scale validation will be conducted in two transportation environments: a combined highway and urban section of approximately 100 km, and a long-distance highway-centric section reaching approximately 400 km, until the end of next year. Domestic autonomous driving software companies Mass Auto and RideFlux will install autonomous driving systems on their respective specialized vehicles, while Hyundai Mobis and Hyundai Glovis will support the validation operations by utilizing existing logistics routes.

In particular, Hyundai Motor and Kia plan to enhance vehicle control and "safety redundancy" technology for Level 4 autonomous heavy-duty trucks based on the data from this validation. Safety redundancy is a technology where an auxiliary system takes over functions in emergency situations to maintain vehicle safety, serving as a critical element in ensuring the safety of heavy-duty trucks that frequently operate long distances and at night.

Vice President Park Sang-hyun, head of Commercial LCM at Hyundai Motor and Kia, stated, "Autonomous trucks are a core future mobility solution capable of enhancing the safety and efficiency of logistics transportation." He added, "Through this collaboration, we will secure vehicle control technology and operational data necessary for real logistics environments, and gradually establish the technological foundation for commercialization."

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