Motional

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Motional
Company type Private
Industry Automotive
Predecessors
Founded2020;5 years ago (2020)
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
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United States
Key people
 CEO Laura Major
Products Autonomous vehicle technology
Website www.motional.com

Motional is an American autonomous vehicle company founded in March 2020 [1] as a joint venture between automaker Hyundai Motor Group and auto supplier Aptiv. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Motional also maintains operations in Pittsburgh, Singapore, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. Motional began testing its newest generation of vehicles in Las Vegas, Nevada, in February 2021, [2] [3] and also operates vehicles in Pittsburgh and Santa Monica, California. [4]

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Name

'Motional' is a portmanteau of motion and emotional, with motion referring to the movement of self-driving cars and emotional expressing the willingness to realize the value of human respect.

History

Karl Iagnemma at the Collision conference in 2018 Karl Iagnemma at Collision 2018 (cropped).jpg
Karl Iagnemma at the Collision conference in 2018

Karl Iagnemma, founder of NuTonomy, was CEO of Motional. In September 2024 Karl stepped down as CEO of Motional. [14] Currently Laura Major is the President and CEO of Motional as of 2025. [15]

Finances

Motional is majority owned by Hyundai Motor Group. In 2024, Motional completed a $475M funding round with Hyundai.

References

  1. ↑ Hawkins, Andrew (11 August 2020). "Hyundai's autonomous vehicle project with Aptiv will now be called Motional". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 Bishop, Richard. "Motional Initiates Testing Of Driverless Vehicles In Las Vegas". Forbes. PARS International Corp. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. ↑ AP. "Company testing fully driverless cars on Las Vegas streets". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Newspapers. Retrieved 23 February 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ Brown, Dalvin (22 February 2021). "To the list of places testing driverless cars, add Las Vegas". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 Stokes, Sherry; Walters, Ken. "Carnegie Mellon Spinoff Ottomatika Acquired by Delphi". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Abuelsamid, Sam. "Delphi Acquires nuTonomy For $450M, Advancing Push For Automated Driving". Forbes. PARS International Corp. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Delphi Technologies Set to Join S&P MidCap 400 and Frontier Communications to Join S&P SmallCap 600" (PDF). US: S&P Dow Jones Indices. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  8. ↑ Iagnemma, Karl (May 31, 2019). "One Year In: Aptiv Marks 50,000 Public Robotaxi Rides" (Press release). Aptiv. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  9. ↑ Frangoul, Amour (September 24, 2019). "Hyundai and Aptiv to set up $4 billion autonomous driving joint venture". CNBC.
  10. ↑ "Introducing Motional: The Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv Autonomous Driving Joint Venture Unveils New Identity". 《PR Newswire》. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  11. ↑ Hawkins, Andrew J. (2022-08-16). "Lyft and Motional's all-electric robotaxi service is now live in Las Vegas". The Verge . Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  12. ↑ "Motional and Lyft to Launch Driverless Ride-hail Service in Los Angeles" (Press release). Motional. November 17, 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  13. ↑ Sriram, Akash (November 17, 2022). "Lyft, Motional to launch robotaxi service in Los Angeles". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  14. ↑ Korosec, Kirsten (19 September 2024). "CEO of self-driving startup Motional is stepping down" . Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  15. ↑ Laura Major, CEO of Motional, https://motional.com/laura-major


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