Motional

Motional develops SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles for ride-hail and delivery networks. Its AI-first driving stack and multi-sensor system are integrated with Hyundai's IONIQ 5 robotaxi platform for public-road deployment.

Facts

  • Segment: Automotive
  • Country: US
  • Founded: 2020
  • Website: https://motional.com/

About

About Motional

Motional was formed in 2020 from the autonomous-driving joint venture between Aptiv and Hyundai Motor Group, bringing together teams descended from nuTonomy and Ottomatika. Hyundai later became the majority owner. The company maintains operations in Boston, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas and Singapore and has continued public-road development through changes in its commercial launch schedule.

Its principal platform is an all-electric IONIQ 5 robotaxi fitted with more than 30 cameras, radars and lidars and an onboard autonomy stack for perception, prediction, planning and control. Motional has also released research datasets including nuScenes and nuPlan, giving it an influence beyond its own fleet. The company is tracked as a Level 4 autonomous-vehicle builder; Aptiv's components and Hyundai's base vehicle are supporting layers rather than separate Motional products.

Commercial

1 commercial event; 1 contract award; latest event 2025-09-04

  • 2025-09-04 - Contract award - Hesai confirms exclusive Motional robotaxi lidar supply - source: hesaitech.com

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Supply

  • Ouster - Inbound - Perception - Ouster supplies Alpha Prime VLS-128 long-range lidar for Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxis through 2026 - source: investors.ouster.com
  • Hesai Technology - Inbound - Sensors Perception - Hesai exclusively supplies short-range lidar for Motional's electric IONIQ 5 robotaxi - source: hesaitech.com

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Market context

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Timeline

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Team

  • Laura Major - President and Chief Executive Officer - Chief executive and former CTO
  • Daekwon Ko - Chief Financial Officer - Finance leadership
  • Kitae Kim - Chief Strategy Officer - Strategy leadership

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Relations

  • Hyundai Motor Group - Majority Owned Autonomous Driving Subsidiary - Motional is majority-owned by Hyundai Motor Group.

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Deployments

  • Cumulative Public Rides - More than 130,000 - 2026-03-13 - Las Vegas Uber service - public urban roads - Motional reported more than 130,000 rides provided to the public across its robotaxi programmes. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: motional.com

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