"Nationwide Highways to Serve as Next-Generation Charging Testbed"...Hyundai Motor Group and Korea Expressway Corporation Join Forces

Expanding Intelligent Charging Systems at Highway Rest Areas

Hyundai Motor Group will leverage the nationwide highway network to secure next-generation charging infrastructure for electrified vehicles and conduct demonstrations of physical artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

Hyundai Motor Group signed a business agreement on the 30th at the Hyundai Motor and Kia Yangjae Office Building with Korea Expressway Corporation to collaborate on "Next-generation intelligent charging infrastructure based on highways and physical AI technology research and demonstration." Cho Sungmin, Director of the Road Traffic Research Institute at Korea Expressway Corporation (left), and Jung Hogun, Executive Vice President of Hyundai Motor Group's Future Strategy Division, are posing for a commemorative photo. Hyundai Motor

On the 30th, Hyundai Motor Group announced that it signed a business agreement with Korea Expressway Corporation at the Hyundai Motor and Kia Yangjae headquarters for "Research and demonstration cooperation on next-generation intelligent charging infrastructure and physical AI technology based on highways." The signing ceremony was attended by Jung Hogun, Executive Vice President and Head of Future Strategy Division at Hyundai Motor Group, and Cho Sungmin, Director of the Road Traffic Research Institute at Korea Expressway Corporation.

The parties agreed to carry out initiatives such as "Research on next-generation intelligent charging infrastructure at highway rest areas," which utilizes rest areas as hubs for charging innovation; "Research on highway safety maintenance technology based on physical AI," supporting data accumulation in cooperation with startups invested in by ZER01NE; and joint development of future road technologies combining Hyundai Motor Group's business experience with the research capabilities of Korea Expressway Corporation.

Through this collaboration, Hyundai Motor Group will be able to comprehensively verify not only next-generation charging technology within the extensive outdoor infrastructure of highways, but also the physical AI technologies discovered and invested in by ZER01NE.

Executive Vice President Jung said, "Robotics and mobility technologies can only be perfected through real-world validation. The nationwide highway infrastructure owned by Korea Expressway Corporation is the optimal stage for large-scale demonstration not only of Hyundai Motor Group's charging technologies, but also the physical AI technologies from ZER01NE-backed startups."

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