Hyundai Motor-backed Motional names AI veteran Laura Major as CEO

Hyundai Motor-backed Motional names AI veteran Laura Major as CEO

Motional Inc., the autonomous driving joint venture backed by Hyundai Motor Group, has appointed Laura Major, an artificial intelligence and robotic...

Hyundai’s JV Motional delays robotaxi commercialization, cuts jobs

Hyundai’s JV Motional delays robotaxi commercialization, cuts jobs

Self-driving technology developer Motional decided to delay robotaxi deployments with ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. ag...

Hyundai to invest $923 million on self-driving JV Motional

Hyundai to invest $923 million on self-driving JV Motional

Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, is set to spend nearly $1 billion on Motional, its loss-making self-driving joint ve...

Aptiv to cut stake in Motional, self-driving JV with Hyundai

Aptiv to cut stake in Motional, self-driving JV with Hyundai

Aptiv PLC, a US autonomous driving technology company, has decided to reduce a significant portion of its stake in Motional, a self-driving tec...

Hyundai delays IONIQ 5 robotaxi service in US

Hyundai delays IONIQ 5 robotaxi service in US

Motional, the US-based self-driving joint venture of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, postponed its plans to launch a commercial robotax...

KOGAS, Vietnamese firms to jointly undertake major infra projects

KOGAS, Vietnamese firms to jointly undertake major infra projects

South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) has announced a partnership with Vietnamese firms, kickstarting a major infrastructure project follo...

Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea

Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the world's two biggest advisory bodies for shareholder voting rights, have recommended op...

KT launches open beta version of metaverse platform Genieverse

KT launches open beta version of metaverse platform Genieverse

South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Monday the launch of an open beta version of its business-to-consumer (B2C) metaverse platform, "Genieverse."The...

Kakao Brain presents text-based AI motion generation model

Kakao Brain presents text-based AI motion generation model

On Tuesday, Kakao Brain, the AI unit of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced the development of a new text-based motion generation model, called "FL...

Ssangyong Motor takes part in Brussels Motor Show

Ssangyong Motor takes part in Brussels Motor Show

Ssangyong Motor Co. said on Monday that it would participate in the 2023 European Motor Show Brussels and begin to move into the European market in ...

Motional expects profit structure improved by 2025

Motional expects profit structure improved by 2025

Motional, the US-based self-driving joint venture of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group, said it expects Motional's profit structure to improve by 20...

Motional to begin robotaxi dispatch next year

Motional to begin robotaxi dispatch next year

US-based autonomous vehicle company Motional Inc. announced its plans for the commercialization of driverless cars based on the all-electric Hyundai...

Hyundai’s Motional, Uber to launch self-driving food delivery service

Hyundai’s Motional, Uber to launch self-driving food delivery service

Motional Inc., a US mobility joint venture between Hyundai Motor Co. and Aptiv PLC, has teamed up with Uber Technologies Inc. to provide an autonomo...

Hyundai Motor, Motional unveil IONIQ 5 self-driving robotaxi

Hyundai Motor, Motional unveil IONIQ 5 self-driving robotaxi

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its US mobility joint venture Motional Inc. on Tuesday unveiled their first autonomous robot...

Hyundai Motor chairman sees future in self-driving, robot businesses

Hyundai Motor chairman sees future in self-driving, robot businesses

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun is in the United States seeking business opportunities in one of the South Korean automotive group’s...

Hyundai Motor and Aptiv christen autonomous driving JV 'Motional'

Hyundai Motor and Aptiv christen autonomous driving JV 'Motional'

Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv unveiled the name of its autonomous driving joint venture on August 12: Motional. The two companies entered into the joi...

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