Hyundai Mobis has secured the Highway Driving Assist HDA2, which is capable of changing lanes on highways and entering/exiting intersections. The automotive parts maker plans to commercialize the technology by 2019.
Hyundai Mobis aims to develop HDA3 technologies capable of driving cars without intervention by drivers on highways by 2020 and commercialize the technology by 2022. The nation’s largest automotive parts maker has already developed the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication system and C-DAS, a convergence technology involving a driving assistant system (DAS) sensor. The related products are scheduled to be released by 2020.
Self-driving technology ranges from Level 1 issuing warnings to Level 4 full-fledged autonomous driving.
Hyundai Mobis unveiled a roadmap for the development of self-driving cars at a meeting with reporters during the Seoul Motor Show 2017, which was held at the KINTEX on March 30. Cho Suh-gu, head of the DAS Parts Development Center at Hyundai Mobis, made the presentation on the development of the HDA2 technologies and a plan to commercialize them.
HDA2 is an upgraded version of the Highway Driving Assist HDA1, which is now made available at some cars. Under the HDA1 system, cars can follow preceding vehicles in the same lanes, but drivers have to manually manipulate the steering wheel when changing lanes and entering an interchange or junction. HDA2 is a system in which the car can change lanes and enter an IC or JC if the driver uses the indicator.
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A self-driving car simulator developed and operated by Hyundia Mobis. (Photos: Hyundai Mobis)
Hyundai Mobis Ramps Up Global Competitiveness Thru Change, Innovation, Responsible Management
Hyundai Mobis, celebrating the 40th anniversary of its founding this year, is now ranked among the top six automotive parts makers in the world. Since Hyundai Mobis entered the automotive parts business in 2000 in earnest, the company made strides in quantitative growth thanks to the growth of the national economy, a far cry from the present in which completion is fiercer than ever. Hyundai Mobis does not rest on its past successes. The company is focusing on innovation to brace for the future. To this end, Hyundai Mobis set as its management tenet “the strengthening of global competitiveness through responsible management.”
The company plans to devote itself to securing future core technologies.
Hyundai Mobis executives and staff members share a company-wide awareness of the necessity to secure a leading competitive edge to cope with rapid changes.
In this regard, the company has set as the foremost management values: swift decision-making, investments ahead of its rivals, the developing of added value products, and the strengthening of profitability of mainstay products.
In particular, the company is prioritizing ramping up merchandize competitiveness in driving assistance systems (DAS), self-driving technologies, “infortainment,” and those in the eco-friendly sector. It’s also focusing on core automotive parts such as brakes, lighting and lamps, securing its own proprietary technologies and strengthening quality management.
Hyundai Mobis is accelerating efforts to develop advanced DAS technologies, a precondition for the development of self-driving cars. The company, which has managed to upgrade advanced DAS technologies to the standards of global automotive parts makers, is expected to secure a competitive edge in the development of self-driving car technologies.
