Hyundai teams up with Yandex spinoff Avride to develop robotaxis

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Hyundai is teaming up with Yandex spinoff Avride to jointly develop fully driverless cars for autonomous ridehailing, the companies announced today. The partnership will enable Avride to deploy 100 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SUVs retrofitted with autonomous driving technology this year. Avride currently operates fleets of sidewalk delivery robots in several cities and aims to launch a commercial robotaxi service in the near future. The company has been using the Ioniq 5 and the Hyundai Sonata as its test vehicles in Austin and Seoul for the past year. In today’s announcement, Avride said it plans for a “significant expansion” of its fleet ahead of the launch of a commercial service. The partnership will enable Avride to deploy 100 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SUVs The Ioniq 5 vehicles destined for Avride’s fleet will be assembled at t ... Read full article.