Hyundai Motor Group has joined forces with a domestic autonomous-driving software company and will begin demonstrations of autonomous heavy trucks next year.
This is Hyundai Motor Company’s first domestic demonstration of Level 4 autonomous driving for heavy trucks.
Hyundai Motor Company conducted autonomous truck operations in the United States in 2024.
Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are beginning development of two demonstration vehicles: one Xcient hydrogen-electric truck and one Xcient diesel truck.
Park Sang-hyun, vice president in charge of commercial LCM at Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation, said, “Autonomous trucks are a key future mobility solution that can improve the safety and efficiency of logistics transportation.