Hyundai Motor and Aurora partner to develop Level 4 autonomous vehicles

Hyundai Motor Company and Aurora, a leader in autonomous vehicle technology, announced a strategic partnership to bring self-driving Hyundai vehicles to market by 2021.

This partnership will incorporate Aurora's self-driving technology into Hyundai vehicles starting with models custom-developed and launched in test programmes and pilot cities.

Over the longer term, Hyundai and Aurora will work to commercialise self-driving vehicles worldwide.

To start, the partnership will focus on the ongoing development of hardware and software for automated and autonomous driving and the back-end data services required for Level 4 automation.

Level 4 autonomous vehicles defined by SAE can operate without human input or oversight under select conditions.

The goal of the partnership is to deploy autonomous driving quickly, broadly and safely.

Hyundai and Aurora share the common vision of improving safety and mobility on the world's roads, and together bring the skills and experience required to successfully introduce this technology at scale.

For nearly 50 years, Hyundai has been a leader in vehicle design, safety and manufacturing, catapulting the company to become one of the world's largest vehicle manufacturers together with its Kia Motors Corporation affiliate.