Hyundai confirms its $1.1 billion acquisition of Boston Dynamics

Posted on 11/12/2020 by Engadget

Boston Dynamics is now officially part of Hyundai Motor Group. The Korean conglomerate has struck a deal with Softbank to acquire a controlling interest — an 80 percent stake — in the robotics company for $1.1 billion. Softbank will retain a 20 perce...

After Math: Google gets faster and TikTok gets longer

Posted on 06/12/2020 by Engadget

It’s that magical time of year again! Thanksgiving is now behind us and those folks who travelled to see family during the holiday haven’t gotten their positive COVID tests back yet, so everything still seems rosy. Now, before spending the second hal...

Hyundai reveals the EV platform for its future vehicles

Posted on 02/12/2020 by Engadget

The Hyundai Motor Group are not new hands at building electric vehicles, having produced the Soul EV since 2014, not to mention the “relentlessly sensible” Niro EV, the Kona EV and also the upcoming Ioniq brand of electric vehicles. But all of the mo...

Motional’s fully driverless cars are coming to Nevada’s roads for testing

Posted on 17/11/2020 by Engadget

Motional, a joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, plans to start testing fully driverless cars in Nevada. The state is allowing the company to trial autonomous vehicles without having a safety driver behind the wheel. "The coming months will see t...

Hyundai is reportedly in talks to buy Boston Dynamics

Posted on 10/11/2020 by Engadget

Boston Dynamics, the robotics company behind nightmare-fuel products like Spot, may be headed to Hyundai, Bloomberg reports. Sources say that current owner Softbank is in talks with the Korean automaker. The deal could be worth up to $1 billion, thou...

Hyundai is recalling its Kona EV over potential battery fire risks

Posted on 09/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Hyundai has issued a recall for 25,564 Kona EVs in South Korea following reports of battery fires, according to Reuters. It’s also in the process of filing a recall with the the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), CNET reported, t...

Hyundai’s new studio hopes to develop a ‘transformer-class’ vehicle

Posted on 29/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

At CES 2019 Hyundai showed off something straight out of a sci-fi movie: the Elevate Ultimate Mobility Vehicle. With each wheel attached to an extendable “leg” attached to each wheel, the concept could crawl over obstacles or pick up disabled passeng...

Hyundai’s next electric race car hints at the future of sporty road-going EVs

Posted on 26/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Hyundai’s electric sports car ambitions didn’t end with a spruced-up Veloster. The automaker has unveiled an RM20e Racing Midship Sports Car that not only promises to boost its motorsport plans, but reflects the “next generation” of N performance car...

Hyundai is turning Ioniq into its own EV sub-brand

Posted on 10/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Hyundai has announced that it will transform the Ioniq name used for its current EV into the Ioniq sub-brand dedicated to all-electric cars. That means Ioniq could become much like to Hyundai what Polestar is to Volvo.Hyundai revealed plans to launch...

Yandex updates its self-driving tech on the 2020 Hyundai Sonata

Posted on 02/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Today, the Russian internet giant Yandex revealed its fourth-generation self-driving car, a collaboration with Hyundai. This generation brings Yandex tech to the 2020 Hyundai Sonata. By the end of this year, Yandex plans to add 100 Sonatas to its sel...

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