Hyundai Motor Group and NVIDIA launch “AI Factory” to transform mobility and manufacturing
Hyundai Motor Group is teaming up with NVIDIA in a major initiative to build a fully integrated “AI Factory” that fuses vehicle intelligence, robotics and advanced manufacturing. The collaboration leverages NVIDIA’s Blackwell-powered infrastructure—including large-scale GPU compute, digital-twin simulation via Omniverse and Cosmos, and DRIVE AGX Thor for in-vehicle intelligence—to accelerate development of smart vehicles, autonomous driving, factory automation and robotics.
Under the project, Hyundai and NVIDIA aim to deploy around 50,000 Blackwell GPUs for model training, validation and deployment. They will also establish an AI Technology Center and a Physical AI Application Center, aligned with the Korean government’s national initiative to build a “physical AI” ecosystem that spans manufacturing, data centres and talent development.
The effort is designed to transform Hyundai’s factories and vehicles into part of a unified, intelligent ecosystem: digital replicas (digital twins) of production lines will run in virtual environments to test and optimise robotics, manufacturing workflows and vehicle software before deployment. In parallel, new in-vehicle AI features and over-the-air updates will enable connected, continuously learning mobility experiences.
Overall, this collaboration marks a significant step for both companies as they shift from usage of advanced tools into deeper co-development of physical AI technologies and mobility-centric ecosystems—bringing together smart factories, autonomous vehicles and robotics under one roof.
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