Facts

• Segment: Logistics
• Country: KR
• Founded: 2017
• Website: https://marsauto.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Funding
• Events
• Team
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

Mars Auto develops and operates self-driving Class 8 trucks for commercial freight across South Korea and the United States. Its camera-centric autonomous trucking stack has been used on Korea-to-U. S. freight loops involving Hyundai Mobis, LX Pantos and logistics partners.

Market context

Mars Auto develops and operates self-driving Class 8 trucks for commercial freight across South Korea and the United States. Its camera-centric autonomous trucking stack has been used on Korea-to-U. S. freight loops involving Hyundai Mobis, LX Pantos and logistics partners.

Facts

• Website: https://marsauto.com/
• HQ: Seoul, KR
• Founded: 2017
• Segment: Logistics
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2022-05-04 - Series A - $12M - Mars Auto raises $12M Series A for autonomous trucking - source: ajupress.com

Events

• 2026-06-19 - Deployment - Mars Auto and LX Pantos expand U.S. autonomous freight to 7,000 km round trip - The route carries Hyundai Mobis automotive parts eastbound and Korean-company building materials westbound.
• 2024-11-06 - Deployment - Mars Auto launches U.S. autonomous trucking operations in Texas - The company entered the Texas freight market with vertically integrated trucking services powered by its self-driving stack.
• 2022-05-04 - Funding - Mars Auto raises $12M Series A for autonomous trucking - GFT Ventures led the Series A round.

Team

• Ilsu Park - Founder and CEO

Context tags

• Autonomous trucking software - Peer Group - Mars Auto develops autonomous trucking software and operates self-driving freight routes.
• Logistics operations - Customer Environment - The company hauls commercial cargo across Korea and the United States.
• Autonomous truck adopter - Peer Group - Mars Auto is operating U.S. autonomous freight routes with logistics partners.

Customers and deployments

• Operating Route Distance - 7,000 km autonomous freight round trip - 2026-06-19 - LX Pantos - autonomous freight trucking - Mars Auto and LX Pantos expanded autonomous freight operations to a 7,000 km U.S. round-trip rou…
• Operating Region Count - 1 U.S. operating region - 2024-11-06 - Texas freight operations - autonomous trucking - Mars Auto launched U.S. operations in Texas focused on automating Class 8 long-haul trucks. - source postu…