Hyundai Motor Co., is “intensely targeted” on creating Stage-3 autonomous driving know-how, says Brian Latouf, world chief security officer at Hyundai Motor Co.

“We’re very shut, and we’re trying to verify we do it appropriately,” stated Latouf, a keynote speaker on the 2023 Automotive Information Canada Congress Feb. 16 in Toronto.

Most automobiles in the present day provide, at greatest, Stage-2 autonomy, with options akin to steering or acceleration help. 

Stage-3 autonomy permits a automobile to driving itself in sure conditions, stated Latouf, including that Hyundai is making ready to deploy such a system in South Korea.

“Within the Korean market, we’re taking a look at introducing a Stage-3 that’s sort of a freeway drive pilot kind of system that’s on simply highways alone and limiting sure speeds.”

‘A LOT OF TESTING’

The know-how “is just not into manufacturing but,” stated Latouf, who relies in California. “There’s loads of testing that’s occurring and the group is trying rigorously at that.”

Safely launching next-generation autonomous options on Hyundai automobiles are amongst Latouf’s priorities on the automaker. Others embrace enhancing total automobile security by way of a system of “superior knowledge analytics.”

“We have now a really structured course of to look throughout our completely different knowledge streams to say, ‘hey, are we having some energy steering failures that would create lateral threat and maybe crashes,’ after which we act upon it,” he stated. “So, it is an excellent, technically primarily based knowledge analytics investigation recall determination course of.”

As soon as autonomous know-how is able to launch in North America, Hyundai will probably be working carefully with U.S. regulatory companies, together with the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NHTSA), “to verify we do issues appropriately right here,” stated Latouf. 

“So, no timelines but, however it’s of intense focus for us.” The business, he added, should cautiously navigate the trail towards totally autonomous automobiles. “There’s a accountability to coach and talk our capabilities of a automobile.”

Tesla is recalling virtually 400,000 automobiles in the US and Canada to repair issues with its “full self-driving system.” The recall comes as NHTSA continues its investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assist system after a sequence of crashes within the U.S. that resulted in additional than a dozen accidents and one demise.

Hyundai, stated Latouf, “is rigorously taking a look at implementing a Stage-3 system. We’re attempting to do it safely and responsibly. We’re attempting to verify the client understands what’s allowed and what’s not allowed.”

Latouf, a Windsor, Ont., native, was named to his present submit final July, and is chargeable for automobile security all through Hyundai’s operations globally. 

In 2022, the automaker broke floor on its Security Take a look at and Investigation Laboratory, a US$51.6-million undertaking positioned in Superior Township, Mich., about 60 kilometres west of Detroit. It should take a look at automobiles for the North American market and have a vehicle-dynamics take a look at space in addition to an EV testing and electronics lab.