Hyundai challenges Tesla just days before its big celebration!

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Hyundai and Waymo have announced the conclusion of a strategic partnership aimed at developing autonomous driving.

A week before Tesla’s major presentation of the Robotaxi and the latest developments in its autonomous driving activities, this announcement from Hyundai sounds like a challenge, if not a direct jab. However, the Korean brand is not looking to embark on this major challenge alone and has chosen a well-established partner. Waymo is a company specialized in autonomous driving technologies that has taken on the very ambitious challenge of becoming the world’s most reliable driver… without a driver, of course. Waymo One, the world’s first 100% autonomous ride-hailing service, relies on the Waymo Driver system. To date, Waymo has autonomously traveled tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions of miles through simulations across more than 13 US states.

In the first phase of their collaboration, the two companies will integrate Waymo’s sixth-generation autonomous driving technology, called Waymo Driver, into the IONIQ 5. The 100% electric SUVs from Hyundai that will join the Waymo fleet will be assembled at the Korean manufacturer’s site in Georgia and then equipped with Waymo’s autonomous driving technology. This is the main difference from Tesla’s approach. While the American manufacturer is forced to develop a vehicle directly equipped with its in-house technology, Hyundai is simply adapting its models to an existing technology. Therefore, Tesla’s approach is definitely more eye-catching and lucrative in case of success, but by putting all their eggs in one basket, they risk knocking it over.

Now, it remains to be seen if Hyundai is not entering the battle a bit too late. While Tesla will present a functional model in a week, the first IONIQ 5s equipped with the technology will only hit the road in 2025 for a real-world testing phase, before being made available to Waymo One users in the following years. Undoubtedly, as quickly as possible!

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