Hyundai Motor aims to commercialise self-driving cars in 2020

Hyundai Motor on Tuesday said it aims to commercialise autonomous driving capabilities in some of its cars in 2020, as the South Korean car manufacturer tries to catch-up in the increasingly competitive technology.

Auto makers such as Mercedes and General Motors as well as technology giants like Google and Apple are already developing driverless vehicles which can complete whole journeys without human input.

Some analysts, however, expect self-driving cars to not appear on global markets until the early- or mid-2020s, partly due to regulatory hurdles.

Hyundai Motor, like other automakers, already has autonomous features in premium vehicles like the Genesis, which can be programmed to hit the brakes when a pedestrian steps out.

(Reuters)