South Korean auto large Hyundai Motor Group stated on Thursday it can be part of palms with Google to strengthen its automotive software program system and ship next-generation navigation and infotainment experiences for drivers.
Beneath the partnership, Hyundai Motor will undertake Google’s Android Automotive Working System (AAOS) and use Google Maps’ geolocation info service, known as the Locations API, to improve its navigation capabilities, in accordance with firm officers.
Relatively than straight making use of the Google Maps service in its vehicles, Hyundai Motor plans to utilise the knowledge offered by the service on some 250 million locations throughout the globe, corresponding to enterprise working hours, contact data and opinions, to extend the accuracy of its navigation service, the officers defined, stories Yonhap information company.
The carmaker first plans to use the superior navigation service in Kia Corp.’s passenger automobiles to be offered in North America, with a subsequent enlargement to the brand new abroad auto lineups of Hyundai Motor Co. and its luxurious model Genesis.
Hyundai Motor Group has Hyundai Motor and Kia beneath its wing.
“Hyundai Motor Group is growing applied sciences within the subject of software-defined automobile (SDV) and mobility to offer customer-centered values,” stated Track Chang-hyeon, president and head of Hyundai Motor Group’s superior automobile platform division.
“Our partnership with Google, who helps folks discover quite a lot of helpful info around the globe, will function a possibility for Hyundai Motor Group, broadening our protection of expertise within the mobility market and offering higher values to prospects.”
In the meantime, Ioniq 5 N, Hyundai Motor’s high-performance electrical automobile, has been recognised because the business’s greatest high-performance mannequin on the 2025 China Automobile of the 12 months Awards.
The Ioniq 5 N scored 211 factors within the awards’ high-performance automotive class, surpassing the Mercedes-AMG C63 SE Efficiency with 142 factors and the Lynk & Co 03++ with 127 factors to say the highest honour.
