{
  "id": 7066326,
  "title": "Hyundai Motor Group targets hands-free urban driving by 2029",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/hyundai-motor-group-targets-hands-free-urban-driving-by-2029",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T05:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260913/hyundai-motor-group-targets-hands-free-urban-driving-by-2029"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hyundai Motor Group aims to introduce vehicles capable of autonomous driving without hands-on the wheel in urban settings by the middle of 2029, according to a strategy unveiled at a media event in Seongnam. The company plans to launch these vehicles a year earlier, equipped with Nvidia's proven autonomous driving technology. The plan hinges on a dual-track approach: leveraging Nvidia's AI computing platform and autonomous driving software for Level 2+ vehicles as early as the first half of 2028, and progressing to Level 2++ vehicles by the latter half. Level 2+ permits drivers to remove their hands from the steering wheel on highways, while Level 2++ expands hands-free capabilities to city streets. Simultaneously, Hyundai is advancing its own proprietary end-to-end (E2E) autonomous driving system, Atria AI, developed in collaboration with Advanced Vehicle Platform.",
  "summary": "Hyundai Motor Group plans to start mass-producing vehicles capable of hands-free autonomous driving in urban areas in the second half of 2029, while launching vehicles using Nvidia’s validated autonomous driving technology a year earlier. The group unveiled the road map Friday during an autonomous driving media day at the headquarters of 42dot, its autonomous driving software subsidiary in…",
  "key_points": [
    "Hyundai targets hands-free urban driving by 2029",
    "Plans to launch vehicles a year earlier with Nvidia's tech",
    "Dual-track approach: Nvidia's AI and Atria AI system"
  ],
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Hyundai Motor Group targets hands-free urban driving by 2029",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/hyundai-motor-group-targets-hands-free-urban-driving-by-2029-7068225",
        "published": "2026-09-13T06:12:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}