Hyundai Motor is partnering with SoCar and Apex Mobility, an autonomous driving specialist jointly established by SoCar and Krafton, to advance domestic autonomous driving technology and build a service ecosystem.
Hyundai Motor said Friday that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation on the supply of autonomous vehicle platforms and data collection at SoCar’s headquarters in Seongdong-gu, Seoul.
The signing ceremony was attended by Yoo Ji-han, Vice President in charge of the SDV Platform at Hyundai Motor and Kia, Park Jae-wook, CEO of SoCar and Apex Mobility, and other related officials.
This agreement was signed to establish a cooperation framework that combines each company’s autonomous driving technology and mobility operational capabilities, covering everything from securing domestic real-road data for autonomous driving to developing dedicated vehicle platforms for autonomous ride-hailing services and conducting service demonstrations.
The companies will cooperate on the development and demonstration of autonomous vehicle platforms, the collection and provision of domestic road data, and the sharing of know-how in operating ride-hailing services.
Hyundai Motor will provide a DevKit, which connects vehicles to autonomous driving systems, to SoCar and Apex Mobility. The two companies plan to apply this to fleet vehicles scheduled for operation domestically to verify related technologies and services.
Road data collection will be conducted with Hyundai Motor setting the standards and SoCar and Apex Mobility utilizing their owned vehicles. Hyundai Motor plans to incorporate the secured domestic real-driving data into the development of dedicated vehicle platforms for autonomous ride-hailing, and to share service operational experience and know-how to enhance the competitiveness of its autonomous driving foundry business.
Yoo Ji-han, vice president in charge of the SDV Platform at Hyundai Motor and Kia, said, “Through this cooperation covering autonomous vehicles, data, and technology, we will continue to make efforts to activate the domestic autonomous driving service market and ecosystem.”
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