2017 Hyundai Ioniq Self Driving EV Debuts At LA Auto Show, To Beat Tesla Autopilot Soon

Nov 18, 2016 07:58 AM EST | Mariechris Felipe

The 2017 Hyundai Ioniq EV is taking a step in the autopilot system as it launches a prototype of their self-driving Ioniq at the LA Auto Show. It will also be present at the next edition of CES in early 2017 and is expected to give Tesla Cars a tough fight when it comes to autopilot features.

Hyundai Advance In Technology

Major car manufacturers have been working for years in the field of autonomous driving. Nobody wants to be left behind in this new field and every car manufacturers want to provide a vehicle equipped with as many systems and technologies of this kind.

Based on the new 2017 Hyundai Ioniq EV, the South Korean firm engineers have added a number of elements to give this vehicle the ability to conduct completely autonomously. It is a coming-out to make clear that Hyundai is not behind its main competitors in this field.

Hyundai says it already has three self-driving units being tested: one Hyundai Ioniq and two Hyundai Tucson with cell autonomous fuel moving through the technical center of Hyundai in Korea, where 11,000 lead engineers of the brand are vigorously perfecting their autopilot system. According to Motoring Crunch, the cars are able to detect cars, children, signalized intersections, roadworks, malls, establishments and even stray dogs .

2017 Hyundai Ioniq Self-Driving Technology

The 2017 Hyundai Ioniq looks for a longer functional and aesthetic solution in the field of autopilot. The Ioniq autonomous concept includes three lasers in the front, embedded in the bumper, passing almost unnoticed. The concept aims to study the feasibility of such a low location, but practice for the purposes of aesthetics and production.

According to Gas2 from Hyundai, a set of three chambers located behind the windshield can detect pedestrians, the signals and the boundary lines of the road. On the other hand, a frontal radar, similar to that used in their systems , cruise control, monitor traffic, in combination with the three lasers front. Two additional radars in the rear are responsible for controlling the back and the adjacent lanes. Apart from these sensors, the Hyundai Ioniq autonomous need a high - resolution GPS to locate exactly the path and where to go.

One of the goals of Hyundai is the possibility to simplify the technology and hopes to develop the platform at a lower cost so they can install in future models of Hyundai. We are excited to see the 2017 Hyundai Ioniq and other Hyundai cars self-driving capabilities.

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