Hyundai’s upgraded 2025 IONIQ 5, hitting the US this fall, will be part of Waymo’s robotaxi fleet. As a part of a brand new multi-year partnership, Hyundai is making ready to allocate a “important” quantity of IONIQ 5 fashions for the Waymo One robotaxi fleet.
Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 is becoming a member of the Waymo robotaxi fleet
Hyundai Motor and Waymo introduced the brand new collaboration on Friday. The primary part of the multi-year partnership will embody integrating Waymo’s sixth-gen absolutely autonomous tech into Hyundai’s new IONIQ 5.
The automobiles can be assembled at Hyundai’s new EV plant (HMGMA) in Georgia, opening as quickly as this month.
Preliminary testing on-road will start by late 2025 and can progressively roll out to Waymo One riders over the following few years.
“Hyundai’s concentrate on sustainability and powerful electrical automobile roadmap makes them an excellent associate for us as we convey our absolutely autonomous service to extra riders in additional locations,” Waymo’s co-CEO, Tekedra Mawakana, mentioned after saying the partnership.
Hyundai Motor’s North American CEO, Jose Munoz, mentioned the workforce at its new GA manufacturing plant “is able to allocate a major variety of automobiles for the Waymo fleet” because it expands operations.
The corporate plans to construct a fleet of IONIQ 5s, geared up with Waymo’s self-driving tech, “in important quantity” over a number of years.
Hyundai unveiled the brand new 2025 IONIQ 5 final month. It has extra vary and a glossy new model. The brand new 2025 mannequin additionally options an NACS charging port to unlock Tesla’s Supercharger community.
It is going to be the primary automobile constructed at Hyundai’s new GA facility, scheduled to open this fall. Hyundai mentioned deliveries will start shortly after. Forward of buyer deliveries, the brand new IONIQ 5 was noticed testing within the US this week (Take a look at the pictures right here).
The brand new partnership is a part of Hyundai’s newest efforts to achieve an edge in self-driving tech. Throughout its 2024 CEO Investor Day in August, Hyundai introduced plans to launch a brand new autonomous automobile foundry.
By means of its partnerships, Hyundai plans to develop a platform to energy automobiles with SAE Stage 4 or greater autonomous driving tech.