[CES 2026] Hyundai Motor Group chair meets Nvidia CEO for self-driving breakthrough

LAS VEGAS — Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun had a closed-door meeting with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during CES 2026, in a move to possibly expand the carmaker’s alliance with the chipmaker into autonomous driving. The high-profile gathering of the two tech moguls on Tuesday (local time) came shortly after Nvidia released the Alpamayo open artificial intelligence (AI) platform for self-driving at the world’s largest tech fair. With Hyundai Motor Group at an apparent disadvantage in the global race for self-driving, Chung’s meeting with Huang raises expectations for the carmaker to equip its vehicles with Nvidia’s up-to-date autonomous driving platform. Alpamayo allows cars to perceive and reason like human beings. Nvidia plans to apply the platform to Mercedes-Benz vehicles first and then widen it to cars from other brands. When asked about the potential partnership with Nvidia’s autonomous driving business, Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chair Chang Jae-hoon recently said it is possible. Chung also visited the group’s booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center, wherWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times