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, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Motional, a joint venture between Hyundai Motor and Aptiv, announced that it will launch an IONIQ 5 electric vehicle-based self-driving robotaxi service in Las Vegas in collaboration with ride-sharing platform Lyft. The IONIQ 5 robotaxi is mounted with Level 4 self-driving technology. A Level 4 autonomous vehicle means the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Motional, a joint venture between Hyundai Motor and Aptiv, said Tuesday it has tested self-driving vehicles on public roads in the United States, becoming one of the world’s first companies to achieve Level 4 autonomy. The Boston-based company said it tested multiple autonomous vehicles with and without a safety [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Motional, the Hyundai Motor-Aptiv joint venture, said Thursday it has partnered with U.S. ride-sharing firm Lyft Inc. to launch driverless robotaxi services in major U.S. cities in 2023. Motional said it plans to deploy fully autonomous vehicles, which are based on the Korean automaker Hyundai Motor’s platform, in Lyft’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Motional, the Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture, said Thursday it has partnered with U.S. on-demand shuttle startup Via to launch a shared robotaxi service in the United States next year. The business partnership comes amid growing demand for driverless transportation options in response to COVID-19 concerns, Motional said in a statement. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, said Wednesday it has given the name Motional to its US$4 billion joint venture with Ireland-based self-driving technology startup Aptiv. In March, Hyundai set up the 50:50 joint company with Aptiv, to be headquartered in Boston, in order to test [...]