Hyundai Motor, Kia, & NVIDIA Expand Strategic Partnership for Next-Generation Autonomous Driving Technology - CleanTechnica

Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, and NVIDIA have expanded their strategic partnership to accelerate the development of next-generation autonomous driving technology. This collaboration leverages Hyundai Motor Group’s expertise in software-defined vehicles (SDV) and NVIDIA’s advanced AI and autonomous driving technologies to create scalable solutions for Level 2 and above autonomous systems. The partnership aims to enhance customer safety and convenience by integrating NVIDIA’s technology into select Hyundai and Kia models while also supporting Motional, Hyundai’s autonomous vehicle joint venture, to advance Level 4 robotaxi capabilities. A key focus of the partnership is the internalization of proprietary AI models driven by large-scale, real-world driving data collected from Hyundai Motor Group’s vehicle fleet. By combining NVIDIA’s DRIVE Hyperion platform with Hyundai’s in-house SDV architecture, the companies plan to establish an integrated autonomous driving framework that enables continuous data collection, AI model training, and deployment validation. This unified approach is designed to strengthen Hyundai Motor Group’s autonomous driving maturity, improve performance over time,