Hyundai aims to have autonomous driving tech on market in 2020

By REUTERS | 31 March 2015


SEOUL: Hyundai Motor Co said today it aims to commercialise autonomous driving capabilities in some of its cars in 2020, as the South Korean automaker plays catch-up in the increasingly competitive technology.

Car makers such as Mercedes <DAIGn.DE> and General Motors Co <GM.N> as well as technology giants like Google Inc <GOOGL.O> and Apple Inc <AAPL.O> are already developing driverless vehicles which can complete whole journeys without human input.

But some analysts expect self-driving cars will not appear on global markets until the early- or mid-2020s, partly due to regulatory hurdles.

Hyundai Motor, like other automakers, already has autonomous features in premium vehicles like the Genesis, which can be programmed to hit the brakes when a pedestrian steps out.

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