Kia's Gwangju investment includes a planned 200-vehicle autonomous test fleet

Kia and Hyundai plan to invest three trillion won in the Autoland Gwangju site by 2029, electrive reports. The wider manufacturing programme includes a local test environment for autonomous shuttles and other adaptable passenger and cargo vehicles.

The partners plan to put 200 autonomous Hyundai Ioniq 5 vehicles into urban traffic to gather data and train control systems. The report describes a planned deployment, not a fleet already providing driverless rides.

Kia, regional officials and two universities signed the cooperation agreement. Testing would also cover on-demand buses and remotely controlled Kia PV5 vehicles for people with limited mobility.