Hyundai Motor Group Takes Initiative to Support Partner Companies in Securing Software Competitiveness

Hyundai Motor Group's four companies will support the software technology growth and competitiveness development of their partners.

On the 8th, Hyundai Motor Group signed a "Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Digital Transformation Based on Open Source Software in the Automotive Manufacturing Sector" at the Open Up Center located in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Five companies participated in this agreement, including Hyundai Motor, Kia, Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai AutoEver, and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA).

This MOU aims to further strengthen the software development competitiveness of partner companies amid the accelerating transition to SDV (Software Defined Vehicle) in the automotive sector.

Partner companies currently have a low utilization rate of open source in new specification development. Additionally, a significant amount of time and cost is spent on establishing verification tools to determine the usability of open source and to check license conditions and obligations.

To reduce this burden on partners, Hyundai Motor Group and NIPA will build a win-win cooperation system that supports the use of open source software.

According to the agreement, the four Hyundai Motor Group companies will provide open source utilization cases and analysis data from major automakers including Hyundai Motor. NIPA will establish a service platform for analyzing open source information in the automotive sector and providing it.

Moreover, the public and private sectors will collaborate to support license verification for open source compliance management targeted at partner companies, as well as educational programs for training professional developers.

Hyundai Motor Group plans to support partner companies in securing software competitiveness through this agreement and internalize the software technology necessary to accelerate the transition to the SDV system. It is expected that this will lay the foundation to continuously provide differentiated customer experience services to customers.

Sung Nak-seop, Head of R&D Planning and Coordination at Hyundai Motor and Kia, said, "Through this agreement, we will enhance the usability and competitiveness of open source software for our partners," adding, "At the same time, based on the technology secured through close cooperation with parts suppliers, we will provide more advanced value to customers."

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