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KG Mobility to develop self-driving cars with Pony.ai

Published: 04 Jul. 2024, 16:30

SARAH CHEA
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KG Mobility Chairman Kwak Jea-sun, center, and executives of Pony.ai and PonyLink take a photo after signing an agreement to cooperate in developing self-driving cars in Seoul on Wednesday. [KG MOBILITY]

KG Mobility teamed up with Silicon Valley-based Pony.ai to co-develop self-driving cars.

The Korean automaker said on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the AI-specialized company to use its AI and big data to develop autonomous cars.

Founded in 2016 in Silicon Valley in California, Pony.ai also operates the self-driving Robotaxi and Robotruck services that use the autonomous driving technologies it developed.

KG Mobility also signed an agreement with Seoul's PonyLink to cooperate in self-driving car-related businesses like taxis and buses.

"KG Mobility will co-develop a controller for a platform used in autonomous cars," KG Mobility Chairman Kwak Jea-sun said. "The three parties will also cooperate in [developing] driving assist systems."

The Korean automaker in October also signed an MOU with local start up Autonomous a2z to co-develop a self-driving car system.

BY SARAH CHEA [[email protected]]