Press Kit

Motional was formed in 2020 as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv. The Motional team dates back to two of the world's first AV start-ups, nuTonomy (founded out of MIT) and Ottomatika (founded out of Carnegie Mellon), both of which were acquired by Aptiv and later spun out into Motional. Today, Motional is majority owned by Hyundai Motor Group. 

• Our Technology: Motional is developing Level 4 autonomous vehicles for ride-hail and on-demand delivery
• Our New AV: Motional's next-gen vehicle is the all-electric IONIQ 5 robotaxi, developed through strategic collaboration with Hyundai. 
• Our Global Operations: Headquartered in Boston, Motional has offices across the United States: in Pittsburgh, and Las Vegas, as well as in Singapore. 
• Our Testing: Motional conducts public road testing in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas. Throughout our history, we have also tested in Los Angeles and Singapore, exposing our system to diverse environments, behaviors, and conditions. 
• Our Commercial Ride-hail Operations: For over six years, Motional has operated a public robotaxi service in Las Vegas on the Lyft network. Through that service, Motional has conducted over 130,000 autonomous rides, with over 95% of passengers awarding their ride five-stars. In December 2022, Motional began conducting autonomous rides for Uber passengers in Las Vegas as part of a 10-year commercial agreement between the companies. As part of its new company strategy, commercial operations are currently paused.
• Our Commercial Delivery Operations: In 2022, Motional entered the autonomous delivery space through a partnership with Uber Eats. Motional conducted thousands of autonomous deliveries for Uber Eats customers in Santa Monica. As part of its new company strategy, commercial operations are currently paused.