- Hyundai Motor Group and Singapore’s HTX (Residence Group Science and Expertise Company) accomplice to remodel how HTX develops and customizes Singapore’s public security fleet to reinforce agility and operational readiness
- First public security expertise demonstration is about to launch by 2028, that includes multi-purpose whole mobility options primarily based on modular frameworks such because the PBV platform
- Partnership additionally consists of joint analysis and growth in robotics, hydrogen and different future mobility applied sciences to strengthen public security in Singapore
Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) and Singapore’s HTX (Residence Group Science and Expertise Company)[1] have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on future mobility and superior applied sciences. The MoU was signed throughout the 2025 Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Korea in Gyeongju.
The tripartite MoU was signed by Chan Tsan, Chief Govt of HTX, and representing Group stakeholders, Hyundai Motor Firm and Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Middle Singapore (HMGICS), Ilbum Kim, Govt Vice President and Head of International Coverage Workplace at Hyundai Motor Group and Hyun Sung Park, CEO of HMGICS. It was witnessed by Sim Ann, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Residence Affairs and Overseas Affairs and Sung Kim, President for Strategic Planning at Hyundai Motor Group.
By way of this partnership, Hyundai Motor Group and HTX will debut the Kia[2] PBV (Platform Past Automobile) modular electrical car (EV) platform of their first expertise demonstration undertaking in Singapore, to spice up the agility and operational readiness of Singapore’s fleet of public security automobiles. This collaboration will even discover joint analysis and software of future applied sciences, together with robotics and hydrogen power.
Superb Surroundings for Check-Bedding New Transformative Applied sciences
Recognizing Singapore’s open insurance policies, sturdy financial system, and talent-rich atmosphere, Hyundai Motor Group views the nation as a super location for a human-centered “good city mobility hub.” Since establishing HMGICS in 2023, the Group has constructed shut partnerships with native universities, authorities analysis institutes and world corporations.
“Hyundai Motor Group has established a strong basis for driving public mobility innovation in partnership with the Singaporean authorities, leveraging our proprietary applied sciences,” stated Ilbum Kim, Govt Vice President and Head of International Coverage Workplace at Hyundai Motor Group. “By way of real-world demonstrations of mobility options, we’ll proceed to guide world innovation in future applied sciences resembling robotics and hydrogen.”
“Each partnership we forge is about advancing science and expertise to empower the Residence Group with higher instruments and smarter programs. This collaboration with Hyundai Motor Group allows us to push the boundaries of future mobility applied sciences and convey cutting-edge improvements into real-world Residence Group operations, and past,” stated HTX Chief Govt Chan Tsan.
Demonstrating a Multi-Objective Modular EV Platform for Public Security
Hyundai Motor Group and HTX plan to conduct an indication undertaking for a multi-purpose modular EV platform by the top of 2028, geared toward enhancing the operational effectivity of Singapore’s public security fleet, which incorporates automobiles resembling police automobiles and fast response automobiles.
At present, HTX customizes all kinds of automobiles to deal with operational use instances for presidency businesses underneath Singapore’s Ministry of Residence Affairs (MHA), which incorporates the Singapore Police Pressure and Singapore Civil Defence Pressure. To take its fleet administration capabilities to the following stage, Hyundai Motor Group and HTX will accomplice on the Kia PBV platform, making a unified operational platform constructed on modular car structure.
This flexibility and scalable design would enable HTX to remodel fleet operations throughout the Residence Group Departments, considerably enhancing operational readiness, effectivity and flexibility, whereas decreasing the necessity for a number of specialised automobiles. The undertaking is predicted to align with Singapore’s broader electrification technique according to the Singapore Inexperienced Plan 2030, which incorporates Singapore’s imaginative and prescient for all automobiles to run on cleaner power by 2040.
Increasing Collaboration into Core Future Applied sciences
Past mobility, Hyundai Motor Group and HTX plan to collaborate on key future applied sciences resembling robotics and hydrogen power, with the purpose of reworking Singapore’s public security programs.
As a worldwide mobility chief, Hyundai Motor Group continues to innovate in robotics and hydrogen power. Following its acquisition of Boston Dynamics in 2021, the Group introduced extra investments in April to combine robotics into its manufacturing processes. In 2020, it additionally launched the world’s first mass-produced hydrogen-powered heavy-duty truck, the XCIENT Gasoline Cell, reinforcing its management in sustainable mobility.
