Hyundai partners with Aurora in quote for self-driving vehicles by 2021

Hyundai has revealed a new technical as well as strategic partnership with us based tech start-up Aurora to bring self-driving Hyundai vehicles to streets globally by 2021.
Aurora, a fairly fresh start-up established in 2016 by former Tesla as well as Google engineers, will integrate its self-driving innovation into Hyundai vehicles over time, starting with custom-made designs established particularly for tests in as yet unspecified pilot cities. The long-lasting goal is for Hyundai as well as Aurora to ultimately commercialise the tech, with level 4 SAE autonomous vehicles on roads early next decade.
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Level 4 vehicles, as defined by SAE, aren’t totally autonomous. vehicles at this level are stated to function ‘high autonomy’, meaning that while there are some roads that the vehicle won’t be able to navigate alone, the driver can relinquish full manage to the self-driving system in some scenarios, such as on motorways as well as highways, or when parking.
Hyundai states that the partnership is one more step along the road towards completely autonomous driving. The South Korean manufacturer began testing autonomous innovation on public roads back in 2015, after it was granted a licence to do so in Nevada, USA. The firm is likewise utilizing the Ioniq as a test bed for autonomous technology, assessing the vehicle in metropolitan environments.
Hyundai will showcase next-generation autonomous innovation at the consumer electronics show next week, with the expose of the firm’s as yet unnamed fuel cell SUV. Chris Urmson, CEO of Aurora, will appear together with Hyundai executives as a speaker during the firm’s keynote. 
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