Yandex inks deal with Hyundai to build self-driving car tech for its Mobis OEM division
On the heels of Hyundai becoming the latest investor in Ola, today another key deal was revealed that underscores Hyundai’s ambitions in next-generation automotive services.
Yandex, the Russian search giant that has been working on self-driving car technology, has inked a partnership with Hyundai to develop software and hardware for autonomous car systems.
While companies like Google, Apple and Baidu have been working on different aspects of connected cars with automotive companies
— covering both infotainment integrations as well as some starts in self-driving technology —
this is Yandex’s first partnership with a carmaker, and specifically, an OEM.
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