Hyundai Motor’s vision for future mobility
Hyundai Motor will showcase its vision for future mobility at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month. At the company's booth, visitors will be able to have a glimpse of the future with a host of innovative technologies that focus on intelligent autonomous driving and advanced, hyper-connectivity solutions that will link cars to customer's lives.
Autonomous IONIQ models will operate on test routes in the boulevards around the venue, while inside visitors can experience a driverless journey via immersive Virtual Reality simulators. The IONIQ Hybrid on display will reveal enhancements to further its reputation as one of the world's most fuel-efficient cars, and a new Micro Mobility concept, integrated with the IONIQ Electric, will showcase the future of first and last-mile mobility.
[The IONIQ Hybrid is also available in Malaysia. Click here to know more about it]
The IONIQ can be chosen with either hybrid, plug-in hybrid or 100% electric powerplants Hyundai Motor will also present an interactive experience to demonstrate how its hyper-connected car platform, developed with IT company Cisco, will be central to making tomorrow's lifestyles even more convenient. Hyundai Motor's caring 'Mobility Vision' concept shows how Smart House and Connected Car technologies will blur the lines between mobility, and living and working spaces.
Other technologies at the booth represent Hyundai Motor's focus on the well-being of its customers. The Healthcare Cockpit connects car and driver to boost productivity or relaxation when travelling. Meanwhile the company's range of advanced wearable exoskeletons show its commitment to social responsibility, offering a new freedom of mobility to customers who require physical support for lifting or repetitive work, plus assisting members of society whose mobility is restricted.
Earlier in the month, the Korean carmaker also announced that it is accelerating development of its advanced ccOS (connected car Operating System), the core platform technology for its future connected cars. The highly sophisticated software will optimize the high-speed transmission and reception of data within the vehicle to support increasingly complex features that will lead the connected car market.
The first ccOS-installed vehicles are set to be available in 2020 under the concept 'Hyper-connected Intelligent Car', after conducting substantial simulation tests to ensure compatibility.
As for the new ccOS-installed concept vehicle, Hyundai Motor is to explore a variety of applicable connected car services such as OTA (Over-The-Air) software update with which customers can wirelessly update their vehicle's infotainment system, without the need to visit a service centre in person.
Advancing its 'Open Innovation' plan, Hyundai Motor and Cisco are working to develop car network technology, another core platform requirement to enable the rapid development of connected cars. Hyundai Motor has also opened a new Big Data Centre in China to reinforce its venture toward connected car development. This series of advances boost Hyundai Motor's efforts to lead the connected car market in the fields of designated vehicle networks, cloud and big data technologies with the ultimate aim of enhancing its customers' lives.
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