Key to EV Transition is AFFORDABILITY

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@captainccs

This thread is about EV affordability. Who, besides Tesla, is mass producing dedicated robotaxis and an ecosystem to affordably manage them?

Hyundai-Waymore Partnership

Hyundai will be producing the IONIQ 5 at its Megaplant, then shipping it over to Waymo partner Magna for upfitting with all the Waymo tech. Hyundai’s lead for ADAS and autonomous driving shared with CleanTechnica that Hyundai’s part of the puzzle would be about 90% of the build, with the remaining 10% being the upfitted parts from Magna. They expect production to begin by the end of 2026. The upfitting includes Waymo’s signature sensor stack that gets afixed to the top of the vehicle and serv…