Hyundai Motor Group has appointed Park Min-woo, a prominent autonomous driving expert, as the new head for its struggling Advanced Vehicle Platform (AVP) Division. Park will also serve as CEO of 42dot, the group?s self-driving software developing unit, the carmaker said Tuesday. Park is renowned for his tech expertise in autonomous driving, having led relevant projects from industry-leading players such as Nvidia and Tesla.
He will fill the void of former 42dot CEO Song Chang-hyun who left the company in December apparently by taking responsibility for the carmaker?s delayed self-driving progress. Before taking on his new role, Park played a central role in developing Nvidia?s autonomous driving software as its vice president. He is also renowned for designing and developing Tesla Vision ?
the carmaker?s camera-based autopilot system, before moving to Nvidia. The new autonomous driving chief from Hyundai Motor Group will focus on realigning the carmaker?s self-driving road map and painting a long-term strategy for the carmaker to break through the toughening competition in the global autonomous driving industry.
