Hyundai strengthens focus on connected car OS

Hyundai Motor Corp is accelerating development of its advanced connected car operating system (ccOS), the core platform technology for its future connected cars. The software will optimise the high-speed transmission and reception of data within the vehicle to support increasingly complex features that will lead the connected car market.

Installed at the heart of the vehicle, ccOS will control and operate the key aspects of connected car infrastructure; in-vehicle framework, infotainment framework and connectivity framework, to ensure connected cars can adapt to new innovations in safety, comfort, convenience and security.

Earlier this year, Hyundai Motor established an Infotainment Software Development team in its Namyang Research and Development Centre in Korea dedicated solely to develop its ccOS technologies. This enabled the company to drive forward its ‘Car to Life’ vision, to deliver a hub of infinite knowledge that makes the car integral to the daily life of the user.

Hyundai Motor’s strategy to develop its own platform optimised for connected car operation is centred on advancing how vehicles communicate with their internal and external environments. Hyundai Motor will also work on other connected car technologies and related services such as smartphone and smart home connected services, intelligent remote support, fully autonomous driving, smart traffic functionality and mobility hubs. The first ccOS-installed vehicles are set to be available in 2020 under the concept ‘Hyper-connected Intelligent Car’, after conducting substantial simulation tests to ensure compatibility.

As for the new ccOS-installed concept vehicle, Hyundai Motor is to explore a variety of applicable connected car services such as OTA (Over-The-Air) software update with which customers can wirelessly update their vehicle’s infotainment system, without the need to visit a service centre in person.

Advancing its ‘Open Innovation’ plan, Hyundai Motor and Cisco are working to develop car network technology, another core platform requirement to enable the rapid development of connected cars. Hyundai Motor has also opened a new Big Data centre in China to reinforce its venture towards connected car development. This series of advances boost Hyundai Motor’s efforts to lead the connected car market in the fields of designated vehicle networks, cloud and big data technologies with the ultimate aim of enhancing its customers’ lives.