Hyundai Motor Group will pilot a RoboRide car-hailing service in Gangnam in Seoul, South Korea, using IONIQ 5 battery-electric automobiles (BEV) with in-house developed stage 4 autonomous driving know-how. The pilot RoboRide would be the first car-hailing service with autonomous driving automobiles to function in Gangnam, one of the vital congested areas in metropolitan Seoul.
For the pilot service, the Group has obtained a short lived autonomous driving operation allow from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) of Korea. It should collaborate with Jin Mobility, a Korean startup working the unreal intelligence (AI)-powered car-hailing mobility platform ‘i.M.’.
Jin Mobility will probably be answerable for working the 2 IONIQ 5 RoboRide models on its i.M utility. The Group additionally plans to broaden the pilot service, whereas additional creating autonomous driving know-how with consideration for varied circumstances, equivalent to driving stability.
At Hyundai Motor Group, we’re creating stage 4 autonomous driving know-how primarily based on the internally developed Superior Driving Help System (ADAS), whose functionally and security are verified by way of mass manufacturing and profitable business launch. We anticipate this RoboRide pilot service will probably be an necessary inflection level that can allow us to internalize autonomous driving know-how.
—Woongjun Jang, Senior Vice President and Head of the Autonomous Driving Middle of Hyundai Motor Group
By way of this pilot, the Group expects to gather precious autonomous driving information and plans to additional develop the extent 4 autonomous driving know-how to navigate safely and flexibly in difficult city environments.
To arrange for such an advanced driving surroundings, the Group has additionally labored with Seoul Metropolitan Authorities to determine a system that may join visitors indicators with autonomous automobiles. It has additionally gathered copious driving information since 2019 by testing autonomous driving in Gangnam space.
As well as, the Group will present an in-house developed distant car help system to make sure security. The system displays autonomous driving standing, car and route, and helps the journey with distant help features, equivalent to altering the lane beneath circumstances the place autonomous driving shouldn’t be possible. Primarily based on the extent 4 autonomous driving know-how, a RoboRide car will understand, make selections, and management its personal driving standing, whereas its security driver will solely intervene beneath restricted circumstances.
The RoboRide pilot service will function from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., from Monday to Friday, to attenuate any attainable inconveniences on the highway. As much as three passengers may be on a journey, whereas a security driver will probably be within the car to reply to any emergencies. The Group plans to function an preliminary demonstration service for internally chosen personnel, after which broaden the pilot service targets to basic prospects sooner or later.
