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here is the most professional and authoritative content series on korean cars and the korean car market on the internet, "korean car trends" issue 1358.

hyundai motor has signed a strategic partnership with waymo, an autonomous driving company owned by google parent company alphabet. hyundai motor, which previously announced its cooperation with general motors (gm), is accelerating its cooperation with major global companies.

taking this cooperation as an opportunity, the two companies decided to apply waymo's sixth-generation fully autonomous driving technology "waymo driver" to ioniq 5 and put it into operation of the self-driving taxi service "waymo one".

the ioniq 5 supplied to waymo will be produced at "hyundai motor group metaplant america", a dedicated electric vehicle factory in georgia, and hyundai motor plans to support the growth of the "waymo one" service through stable supply operations.

the two companies will begin initial road testing of ioniq 5 equipped with waymo driver from the end of 2025, with the goal of allowing waymo one service users to use it within a few years.

president josé munoz, global chief operating officer (coo) of hyundai motor, said: "both companies share the vision of improving the safety, efficiency and convenience of people's travels. ioniq 5 implements waymo's innovative technology to improve road safety. ideal vehicles, in conjunction with the expansion of waymo one services, is preparing to produce a considerable number of vehicles at the new manufacturing facility hmgma in due course.” he also emphasized: “the two companies will actively explore further cooperation opportunities starting from this cooperation.”

tekedra mawakana, co-ceo of waymo, said: “we are excited to further our mission of becoming the world’s most trusted driver through our partnership with hyundai. on the sustainable and powerful electric vehicle roadmap, we will become an excellent partner of waymo and hope to provide complete autonomous driving services to more users in more regions.”