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Hyundai Motor Group shows newly developed automatic charging robot for EVs

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Hyundai Motor Group has developed an automatic charging robot (ACR) for electric vehicles (EV). The ACR for EVs is a one-arm robot capable of plugging a cable into an EV’s charging port and removing it again once charging is complete.

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Hyundai Motor Group starts building lunar exploration rover development model

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Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has started building an initial development model of a lunar exploration mobility rover in tandem with aerospace partners. Hyundai Motor Group has consistently stated its goal is to contribute to expanding human reach and the scope of human mobility experiences.

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Hyundai Motor Group to pilot autonomous car-hailing Roboride service in Gangnam District

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Hyundai Motor Group will pilot a RoboRide car-hailing service in Gangnam in Seoul, South Korea, utilizing IONIQ 5 battery-electric vehicles (BEV) with in-house developed level 4 autonomous driving technology. Jin Mobility will be in charge of operating the two IONIQ 5 RoboRide units on its i.M application.

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Hyundai Motor and Kia to develop lunar surface exploration mobility solutions

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—Yong Wha Kim, Executive Vice President and Head of R&D Planning & Coordination Center of Hyundai Motor and Kia. Hyundai Motor and Kia will support the consultative body with their smart mobility technologies. Resources will be brought to bear from Hyundai and Kia’s Robotics Lab in charge of robot development.

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Toshiba introduces motor control driver IC with built-in microcontroller and gate driver – Charged EVs

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Toshiba Electronics has launched a motor control driver IC that implements a gate driver and a CPU core together for driving three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motors and permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) more efficiently.

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Hyundai Motor Group chairman outlines strategic directions for 2021 and beyond

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In a New Year’s message, Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Euisun Chung outlined the company’s strategic direction and commitments for the year 2021 and beyond. The E-GMP offers a multi-charging system allowing both 800V and 400V charging capabilities. Electrification leadership. —Chairman Chung. Motional Inc.,

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Ford, General Motors, and BMW help schedule EV charging

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Ford, General Motors (GM), and BMW announced earlier this week that they would partner with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to roll out an EV charging scheduling program. This rapidly changing environment means utilities face new challenges in meeting customer demand. What do you think of the article?