Hyundai Motor appoints new head for struggling autonomous driving division

Hyundai Motor Group has appointed Park Min-woo, a prominent autonomous driving expert, as the new head for its struggling Advanced Vehicle Platform (AVP) Division. Park will also serve as CEO of 42dot, the group’s self-driving software developing unit, the carmaker said Tuesday. Park is renowned for his tech expertise in autonomous driving, having led relevant projects from industry-leading players such as Nvidia and Tesla. He will fill the void of former 42dot CEO Song Chang-hyun who left the company in December apparently by taking responsibility for the carmaker’s delayed self-driving progress. “Hyundai Motor Group has a strong base to lead an era of physical artificial intelligence (AI) with a broad portfolio encompassing software-driven vehicles, autonomous driving and robotics,” Park said. “I will devote myself to driving the carmaker to provide the benchmark for innovation in intelligent mobility,” he said. Before taking on his new role, Park played a central role in developing Nvidia's autonomous driving software as its vice president. He is also renowned for designingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times