Hyundai Motor expands collaboration with NVIDIA for autonomous driving technologies
NVIDIA has broadened its partnership with Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation to develop autonomous driving technologies leveraging the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion platform.
The collaboration will influence Hyundai Motor Group's approach to autonomous vehicle software development by integrating data-driven systems to enhance vehicle intelligence and safety features. It includes deployment of level 2+ driver assistance systems on select vehicles and further exploration of level 4 autonomous robotaxi services through the joint venture Motional.
The effort fuses Hyundai Motor Group’s expertise in software-defined vehicles and fleet data with NVIDIA’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) and accelerated computing infrastructure. This integration aims to support scalable autonomous driving solutions across multiple Hyundai Motor Group vehicle platforms.
Hyundai Motor Group expects to construct an autonomous driving technology stack based on the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion platform. This stack covers a range of functionalities from advanced driver assistance to higher levels of autonomous operation, enabling continuous development through real-world data collection, AI model training, simulation, validation, and deployment.
Rishi Dhall, vice president of automotive at NVIDIA, said, “We’re combining Hyundai Motor Group’s leadership in vehicle engineering with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing and AI to build safe, intelligent, NVIDIA DRIVE-based autonomous driving systems — from advanced driver assistance in select production vehicles to scalable robotaxi services with Motional.” Heung-Soo Kim, executive vice president and head of global strategy office at Hyundai Motor Group, said, “The expanded partnership with NVIDIA marks an important milestone in realizing Hyundai Motor Group’s vision for safe and reliable autonomous driving technology.” He added, “Based on a unified, Group‑wide collaborative framework, we will strengthen our differentiated technological competitiveness — from level 2 and above autonomous driving technology to level 4 robotaxi services.”
The expanded collaboration also includes plans to accelerate next-generation autonomous mobility services through Motional’s development of level 4 robotaxi capabilities.