[AutonomousVehicles] Hyundai Ioniq 5 becomes Motional's new self-driving robotaxi

[Cornelius Butler]

Hi Everyone,
Hyundai has and Motional have developed a new self driving vehicle to be
used for Robo taxi Service.

Article Link and text are below.

Article Link:
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/hyundai-ioniq-5-self-driving-robotaxi-motional/

Article Text:

Hyundai Ioniq 5 becomes Motional's new self-driving robotaxi
Hyundai and Aptiv's autonomous car joint venture bears fruit in this funky
Ioniq 5.

Feast your eyes on Hyundai and partner Aptiv's latest self-driving car
project: the Ioniq 5 robotaxi. Motional, the joint venture Hyundai and
Aptiv operate, revealed the first images of the vehicle on Tuesday. This
car is supposed to be the building block for an autonomous ride-hailing
service coming in 2023. Hyundai said previously it eyed Nevada for this
service, but Motional told Roadshow it's not ready to share final details
about a planned launch yet. Still, in other words, there's a lot riding on
this robocar.

Aside from the gear required to help this autonomous car see the world
around it, which includes 30 sensors, cameras, lidar and radar, it doesn't
change much from the standard Ioniq 5 SUV. It still looks super-futuristic,
though we don't have any photos of the interior to show you just yet.

Inside, Motional promised a spacious cockpit for riders to spread out in
and a way to interact with the car during their ride. Riders will be able
to tell the Ioniq 5 to make an extra stop, for example, and take them to
another location before their final destination.

This joint venture, and the resulting car, are part of a $7.4 billion
investment from Hyundai. The automaker will dump these billions into the US
specifically to roll out new electric cars, help bring Motional's services
to life and perhaps even put you in an urban air taxi by the end of this
decade.
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