Hyundai Motor Group Puts Data Flywheel Into Full Operation, Targets Level 2++ Autonomy by 2028

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Hyundai Motor Group announced it has put its Data Flywheel into full operation, a system that creates a virtuous cycle of data collection, AI training, validation and deployment to accelerate its autonomous driving development. At its HMG Autonomous Driving Media Day at 42dot headquarters in Gyeonggi Province, Korea, the Group said NVIDIA solutions-based Level 2+ production is targeted for the first half of 2028 and Level 2++ in the second half of 2028, followed by Atria AI-powered Level 2++ vehicles in the second half of 2029. The Group is pursuing a Dual-Track strategy that accelerates Level 2+ production through its NVIDIA collaboration while internalizing key autonomous driving technologies through its proprietary Atria AI, with progressive sensor standardization across Hyundai Motor, Kia, 42dot and Motional. The Data Flywheel expands the Group's data ecosystem by leveraging its annual sales of 7 million vehicles and its Data Union framework, supported by a data-centric development framework based on hard example mining, continuous training and SER. A real-world Level 4 pilot is to launch in Gwangju by year-end in partnership with Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to secure large-scale validation data, while 42dot shared its Vision-Language-Action technology that integrates visual information and language-based reasoning to guide driving decisions, with VLA model validation currently underway and on-road testing and the full development process scheduled to run through early next year. Minwoo Park, President and Head of Advanced Vehicle Platform Division at Hyundai Motor Group and CEO of 42dot, said autonomous driving competitiveness is no longer about comparing specific features but about how much data a company secures, how quickly it learns and how effectively it reflects those results in products and services.

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Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd.
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Hyundai Motor Group announced its Data Flywheel and targets Level 2+/2++ autonomy by 2028, with Hyundai Motor included in sensor standardization.

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NVIDIA Corporation
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Hyundai's Level 2+ production targets rely on NVIDIA solutions-based autonomous driving platform, a concrete product adoption.

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Kia Corp
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Kia is part of Hyundai Motor Group's progressive sensor standardization and Data Flywheel autonomous driving development.

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Hyundai Motor Co
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Hyundai Motor Group announced its Data Flywheel and targets Level 2+/2++ autonomy by 2028, with Hyundai Motor included in sensor standardization.

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42dot Inc.Private▲ Positive
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42dot is central to the Group's autonomous driving push, sharing its VLA technology and leading the Data Flywheel and Level 2+/2++ development.

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Motional is included in the Group's progressive sensor standardization for autonomous driving development.

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