SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Motional, a joint venture set up between Hyundai Motor Co. and U.S. mobility startup Aptiv, said Friday it has signed a 10-year deal to supply Hyundai’s IONIQ 5-based autonomous vehicles to Uber Technologies Inc. Under the deal, Motional will supply the all-electric IONIQ 5 driverless robo taxis to the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is targeting to commercialize a Level 4 autonomous vehicle in 2027 to release half of newly launched vehicles as Level 4 models in 2035, the transport ministry said Monday. This year, Korea aims to become the world’s third country to commercialize a Level 3 autonomous vehicle after [...]
HONG KONG, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Roadlink International Trading Limited tested its autonomous technology on public roads in Shenzhen for the first time today. The test held major significance, marking the first time Roadlink technology had been used in a car on public roads rather than on a purpose-built test track. The car featured six Lidar [...]
QUEBEC CITY, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – LeddarTech®, a global leader in providing the most flexible, robust and accurate ADAS and AD sensing technology, is pleased to announce its participation at Automotive Tech.AD Berlin at the Titanic Chaussee Hotel Berlin as an exhibitor and keynote speaker. April 4-5, 2022: LeddarTech’s LeddarVision™ Demonstrator Space (live and virtual) Join the LeddarTech team [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Self-driving cars will begin operations as a means of public transportation for the first time in Seoul this week, the city government said Monday, signaling a new era for commercial autonomous vehicle services. The Seoul metropolitan government said three self-driving passenger cars will start operating for ordinary citizens Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun has visited an autonomous vehicle joint venture in the United States and tested a vehicle under development as the South Korean automaking giant explores new business opportunities in future mobility solutions, the automaker said Wednesday. Chung tested a self-driving Ioniq 5 electric vehicle [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. a carbon fiber business unit of South Korean textile and chemical conglomerate Hyosung Group, said Tuesday that it will supply airbags for Robotaxi, a completely autonomous vehicle developed by Amazon. Hyosung Advanced Materials’ subsidiary and a airbag manufacturer Global Safety Textiles GmbH signed a contract [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, demonstrated Thursday an autonomous vehicle that can park on its own, using its high-speed 5G network. In an online video demonstration, the carrier tested the self-driving vehicle, which traveled about five minutes on roads in western Seoul and managed to [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Instead of going to a local post office to send a parcel, South Koreans will soon be able to go to an autonomous postal vehicle that makes its way around town for parcel shipping. The Ministry of Science and ICT and Korea Post announced Thursday that it will begin [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group is seeking to start mass production of autonomous vehicles within five years, the group’s heir apparent has said as the company decided to form a US$4-billion joint venture for driver-less cars. In a luncheon meeting with Korean correspondents in New York on Monday (local [...]