Kia

• PV5

  PV5

Facilities & manufacturing

• Production setup

  2025-07-23 - Kia began mass production of the first PV5 Passenger and Cargo Long configurations in July 2025. - PV5 Passenger and Cargo Long

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Output & shipments

• Commercial activity

  2026-04-09 - Kia reported approximately 8,500 PV5 sales by the end of 2025. - PV5

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Supply chain relationships

• Hyundai WIA

  Inbound - Industrial Mobile Robots - Hyundai WIA will supply autonomous forklifts to Kia AutoLand Hwaseong for operation from May 2027

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• Ho Sung Song - President and Chief Executive Officer
• Min Soo Song - Executive Vice President & Chief Safety Officer - Executive leadership for safety and manufacturing operations.

Events

• 2026-10-20 - Partnership - Hyundai and partners plan two-truck autonomous logistics trial

  Two Xcient test vehicles, one hydrogen-electric and one conventional, are scheduled to be provided in early 2027. Mars Auto and RideFlux will integrate autonomous-driving systems, with Mobis and Glovis supporting logistics-route validation. Planned routes total about 500 km across mixed urban/highway and highway settings; this is route length, not daily autonomous mileage.

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• 2026-10-13 - Market Signal - Hyundai Motor and Kia invest in VAST Data

  42dot consolidated ADAS and language-model development on VAST AI OS with a Hopper-based NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. VAST reports 2:1 data reduction on sensor and video data in the operating development environment. S3 and NFS access let simulation, training and validation share a namespace without additional data copies.

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• 2026-07-23 - Partnership - Kia, KT and SUM target PV5 remote-driving service launch

  Kia is responsible for vehicle development and integration, KT for communications infrastructure and SUM for the remote-driving system. The initial applications are planned for vehicle-sharing and mobile public-service use cases. The partners target commercial service launch before the end of 2026, beginning with selected international markets.

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• 2026-04-09 - Market Signal - Kia sets a 2030 roadmap spanning PBVs, autonomous driving and robotics

  Kia plans KRW 49 trillion of investment for 2026-2030, including KRW 21 trillion for future businesses. The roadmap targets first urban Level 2++ autonomous-driving rollout in early 2029. Atlas deployment is planned first at HMGMA in 2028 and at Kia AutoLand Georgia in 2029; these are future plans, not current deployments.

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• 2026-04-09 - Market Signal - Boston Dynamics Atlas slated for Kia Georgia deployment in 2029

  Kia identified 16 core manufacturing processes for phased robotics work focused on safety, productivity and quality. The roadmap pairs factory demand and data collection with investment in Physical AI infrastructure and talent. Hyundai Mobis actuator development and the wider group supply chain are intended to support manufacturing scale.

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• 2026-03-16 - Partnership - Kia, Hyundai Motor and NVIDIA expand autonomous-driving partnership

  The collaboration combines Hyundai Motor Group software-defined-vehicle capabilities with NVIDIA autonomous-driving technology. It targets scalable Level 2 and above systems across selected vehicles. The parties also plan to support Motional robotaxi services.

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• 2025-07-23 - Production Milestone - Kia begins mass production of PV5 Passenger and Cargo Long

  PV5 production uses Kia’s E-GMP.S electric platform and Flexible Body System for modular body configurations. The initial manufacturing run covers Passenger and Cargo Long models, with further configurations scheduled to follow. Kia designed the common front cabin and interchangeable rear modules to support as many as 16 PV5 variants.

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Relationships

• KT

  Communications Partner - Kia and KT are developing the communications layer for a planned PV5 remote-driving service.

• SUM

  Remote Driving Technology Partner - Kia and SUM are developing PV5 remote-driving services with KT.

• KT Corporation

  Remote Driving Service Partner - Kia, KT and SUM are developing PV5-based remote-driving services for sharing and public-service fleets.

• NVIDIA

  Autonomous Driving Technology Partner - Kia and Hyundai Motor expanded their partnership with NVIDIA for data-driven Level 2 and above autonomous-driving development.

• Samsung SDI

  Robot Battery Development Partner - Samsung SDI, Hyundai Motor and Kia signed an MoU to jointly develop high-performance robot-specific batteries.

• Hyundai Motor Company

  Partner - Hyundai Motor and the partner signed an MOU for a planned two-truck autonomous logistics trial through 2027.