April 26, 2024

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[THE INVESTOR] Hyundai Mobis, Korea’s biggest auto parts maker, said on April 19 it will test a self-driving vehicle in the United States this year, with an aim to mass-produce a semi-autonomous car in 2022.

The company said it plans to start test-driving a vehicle named M.BILLY on the motorways of Michigan this year as the company obtained an approval to carry out the test from the local government in 2016.

The semi-autonomous vehicle to be tested in Michigan has a Level 3 rating, which requires a driver to control the car only in emergencies.

The company also plans to carry out the same motorway test for the Level 3 semi-autonomous car in Korea and Germany this year after obtaining a license from the local transport authorities, a company spokesman said.

Hyundai Mobis wants to increase the number of M.BILLY autonomous vehicles to 10 within this year, he said.

By Song Seung-hyun and newswires (ssh@heraldcorp.com)