Kakao Mobility plans to integrate Nvidia’s artificial intelligence (AI) computing technology into Kia’s purpose-built vehicles (PBVs) as part of an effort to develop Level 4 autonomous driving vehicles.
Kakao Mobility plans to introduce a high-performance autonomous driving computing unit (ADCU) equipped with two Nvidia DRIVE AGX Thor platforms.
On July 16, Kakao Mobility signed a strategic partnership with Kia to develop and supply PBVs dedicated to autonomous driving services.
At the time, the companies agreed to develop autonomous vehicles based on Kia’s PV5 model and supply development kits (DevKits) connecting the vehicles with autonomous driving systems.
Kakao Mobility has been operating its Seoul Autonomous Vehicle service in Gangnam, Seoul, since March, using its proprietary autonomous driving technology.