Not only serious about making cars, Hyundai Motor Group also announced that they are developing a lunar rover.
Hitekno.com – Hyundai Motor Group announced that it is developing a lunar rover in collaboration with several South Korean research institutes in the aerospace sector.
Hyundai hopes that the rover will be specifically designed to explore the lunar surface and be equipped with various advanced technologies to provide a universally applicable mobility platform to handle a variety of payloads.
These features include solar charging, autonomous driving, thermal management and radiation shielding and can carry equipment up to 70 kilograms.
Reported from Spuntik Newsthe company expects that the rover prototype will be completed in the second half of 2024, and the rover will be ready for launch in 2027.
Hyundai Motor Group has signed multilateral joint research agreements with six South Korean research institutes in the aerospace sector.
Mereka adalah Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, dan Korea Automotive Technology Institute.
In an announcement on its website, Hyundai revealed that this lunar rover will be equipped with a variety of cutting-edge technologies that are critical to the success of this mission.
For example, solar charging technology will be an important solution to ensure the rover can survive in environments very different from Earth’s.
Hyundai Motor Group is a leading global automotive company known for its high-quality cars and advanced technology.
This partnership reinforces Hyundai’s commitment to technological innovation and developing technologies that will further advance humanity in outer space.
The company has launched innovative projects before, such as the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) project and the Hyundai Motorstudio in downtown Seoul.
With the support of South Korea’s leading research institutions, Hyundai Motor Group is expected to create the latest technology and accelerate future lunar exploration.
