Motional targets Las Vegas driverless debut by year-end | Automotive World

Motional, backed by Hyundai, is rebuilding its autonomous-driving stack around Large Driving Models (LDMs) and targeting commercial driverless operations on Uber in Las Vegas by year-end. The shift from traditional sensor-fusion to AI-first architecture is positioned as enabling faster city expansion and cost-effective deployment at scale.

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