Hyundai Motor to sweep up domestic road data… Builds autonomous driving alliance with SOCAR

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Hyundai Motor announced on the 13th that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SOCAR and Apex Mobility to cooperate on the supply of autonomous vehicle platforms and data collection.

The signing ceremony was held at SOCAR’s headquarters in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, and attended by Vice President Yoo Ji-han, in charge of the SDV platform at Hyundai Motor and Kia; Park Jae-wook, CEO of SOCAR and Apex Mobility; among others. This agreement was established to build a cooperation framework that combines each company’s autonomous driving technology and mobility operation capabilities, covering the acquisition of real-road data, the development of vehicle platforms dedicated to autonomous ride-hailing, and service validation.

Specific areas of cooperation include ▲ technical and service validation to strengthen competitiveness in autonomous vehicle foundry (contract manufacturing) operations; ▲ collection and provision of domestic road autonomous driving data; ▲ development of a vehicle platform dedicated to autonomous ride-hailing and software validation; and ▲ sharing of know-how and assets related to the operation of ride-hailing services.

First, Hyundai Motor will supply DevKit, a device that connects vehicles with autonomous driving systems, to SOCAR and Apex Mobility. The two companies plan to apply this to fleet vehicles scheduled for domestic operations to validate and optimize technology and services.

The collection of domestic road environment data will also proceed in parallel. If Hyundai Motor presents the data collection criteria, SOCAR and Apex Mobility will collect actual road driving data using their owned fleet vehicles. The acquired data will be utilized as a foundation to enhance the completeness of autonomous driving technology specialized for the domestic environment.

In addition, if SOCAR and Apex Mobility share their know-how in operating fleet services, Hyundai Motor plans to reflect this in developing a dedicated vehicle platform optimized for autonomous ride-hailing services.

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