Hyundai Motor, Korea’s main carmaker, stated Sunday it has signed an settlement with Singapore’s science and know-how company to cooperate on superior applied sciences on mobility options.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the automaker and Singapore’s Residence Staff Science and Expertise Company (HTX) was signed on Friday through the Ok-Tech Showcase occasion held within the southeastern metropolis of Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) summit.
Established in 2019 beneath Singapore’s inner affairs ministry, HTX is a analysis company that develops superior applied sciences in public security, border safety, chemical and organic protection and safety programs.
Underneath the settlement, the 2 sides agreed to discover joint analysis on robotics, hydrogen and different future mobility applied sciences.
Hyundai will perform a pilot venture of know-how demonstrations to enhance the operational effectivity of Singapore’s authorities fleet utilizing its multipurpose modular electrical platform via 2028, which can mark the primary mobility know-how demonstration performed with the Asian nation’s government-operated fleet, the corporate stated.
The venture can be anticipated to contribute to Singapore’s electrical automobile (EV) transition and its broader efforts to determine sustainable transportation infrastructure, it added.
The carmaker plans to help automobile improvement applied sciences and straight provide autos for operations via partnerships with HTX and the Hyundai Group’s innovation heart in Singapore.
“We’ll proceed to guide world innovation primarily based on future applied sciences, together with robotics and hydrogen, whereas conducting mobility know-how demonstrations via this partnership,” Kim Il-bum, government vice chairman of Hyundai Motor’s world coverage workplace, stated.
