KGM Taps Hyundai Mobis and RideFlux to Add Autonomous Driving to Its Lineup

KG Mobility is turning to outside partners to bring automated driving into its future models rather than developing the technology itself. The Korean automaker will adopt a software-defined vehicle platform supplied by Hyundai Mobis and pair it with driving software from RideFlux, a Seoul-based self-driving specialist.

Under the arrangement, Hyundai Mobis handles the platform and technical advisory work, while RideFlux tunes its AI-based system to work inside KGM’s vehicles. The effort is backed by five state-affiliated organizations that will help channel government funding and provide testing facilities. It sits inside the industry ministry’s M.AX Alliance, which could give the partners access to publicly supported growth capital.

For RideFlux, the tie-up marks its first step into supplying an automaker. The company has built its reputation around mobility services, running robotaxis, robotrucks and self-driving buses, and it has filed for a KOSDAQ listing with the goal of becoming Korea’s first publicly traded Level 4 autonomy company. An OEM contract gives that pitch a stronger commercial foundation. On the same day, RideFlux also disclosed a separate robotaxi data agreement with Kakao Mobility and other partners.

Chief Executive Park Jung-hee framed the deal as a gateway into volume production, saying the three-way structure with KGM and Hyundai Mobis lays the groundwork for supplying passenger cars at scale, from Level 2+ systems in showroom models through to fully driverless Level 4 deployment.