{{short description|American autonomous vehicle company}} {{Infobox company | name = Motional | type = Private | industry = Automotive | founded = {{Start date and age|2020}} | key_people = CEO Laura Major | predecessors = {{ubl|Aptiv|NuTonomy|Ottomatika}} | location_city = Boston, Massachusetts | footnotes = | products = Autonomous vehicle technology | location_country = United States | homepage = {{URL|https://www.motional.com}} }}
'''Motional''' is an American autonomous vehicle company founded in March 2020<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hawkins |first1=Andrew |title=Hyundai's autonomous vehicle project with Aptiv will now be called Motional |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21362322/hyundai-aptiv-motional-autonomous-vehicle-joint-venture |website=The Verge |date=11 August 2020 |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref> as a joint venture between automaker Hyundai Motor Group and auto supplier Aptiv. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Motional also maintains operations in Pittsburgh, Singapore, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. Motional began testing its newest generation of vehicles in Las Vegas, Nevada, in February 2021,<ref name="forbes-lv-testing">{{Cite web |last=Bishop |first=Richard |title=Motional Initiates Testing Of Driverless Vehicles In Las Vegas |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardbishop1/2021/02/22/motional-announces-transition-to-driverless-ride-hailing/?sh=a536fabac197 |access-date=23 February 2021 |website=Forbes |publisher=PARS International Corp.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=AP |title=Company testing fully driverless cars on Las Vegas streets |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Company-testing-fully-driverless-cars-on-Las-15970068.php |website=Houston Chronicle |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |access-date=23 February 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and also operates vehicles in Pittsburgh and Santa Monica, California.<ref name="wp">{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Dalvin |title=To the list of places testing driverless cars, add Las Vegas |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/02/22/hyundai-driverless-cars-vegas/ |access-date=25 February 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=22 February 2021}}</ref>
== Name == 'Motional' is a portmanteau of motion and emotional, with motion referring to the movement of self-driving cars and emotional expressing the willingness to realize the value of human respect.
== History == right|thumb|Karl Iagnemma at the Collision conference in 2018 * 2013 - nuTonomy and Ottomatika, Inc. are established as spin-offs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University. * 2015 - Delphi acquired Ottomatika<ref name="Carnegie"/> * 2015 - Delphi demonstrates what they claim to be America's first fully autonomous transcontinental crossing.<ref name="Carnegie">{{cite web |last1=Stokes |first1=Sherry |last2=Walters |first2=Ken |title=Carnegie Mellon Spinoff Ottomatika Acquired by Delphi |url=https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2015/august/spinoff-acquired.html |website=Carnegie Mellon University |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref> * 2016 - nuTonomy trial operated the world's first autonomous taxi in Singapore. * 2017 - nuTonomy begins autonomous driving in Boston * 2017 - Delphi acquired nuTonomy<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abuelsamid |first1=Sam |title=Delphi Acquires nuTonomy For $450M, Advancing Push For Automated Driving |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2017/10/24/delphi-acquires-automated-driving-startup-nutonomy-for-450m/?sh=677540ec6207 |website=Forbes |publisher=PARS International Corp |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref> * 2017 - Delphi renamed as Aptiv<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.spice-indices.com/idpfiles/spice-assets/resources/public/documents/622759_dlphspinoilfrontier.pdf?force_download=true |title=Delphi Technologies Set to Join S&P MidCap 400 and Frontier Communications to Join S&P SmallCap 600 |publisher=S&P Dow Jones Indices |location=US |date=28 November 2017 |access-date=28 November 2017}}</ref> * 2018 - Aptiv acquired NuTonomy and Ottomatika and formed an Autonomous Driving Team * 2018 - First public robotaxi service tests in Las Vegas in collaboration with Lyft, with 50,000 rides in the first year<ref>{{cite press release |last=Iagnemma |first=Karl |title=One Year In: Aptiv Marks 50,000 Public Robotaxi Rides |url=https://www.aptiv.com/en/insights/article/one-year-in-aptiv-marks-50-000-public-robotaxi-rides |publisher=Aptiv |date=May 31, 2019 |access-date=2022-11-27}}</ref> * 2019 - Aptiv & Hyundai Motor Group officially announce an autonomous driving joint venture<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Frangoul|first=Amour|date=September 24, 2019|title=Hyundai and Aptiv to set up $4 billion autonomous driving joint venture|work=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/24/hyundai-aptiv-to-set-up-4-billion-autonomous-driving-joint-venture.html}}</ref> * 2020 - The establishment of Motional, an autonomous driving technology development joint venture<ref>{{Cite news|title=Introducing Motional: The Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv Autonomous Driving Joint Venture Unveils New Identity|work=《PR Newswire》|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/introducing-motional-the-hyundai-motor-group-and-aptiv-autonomous-driving-joint-venture-unveils-new-identity-301109904.html|access-date=August 11, 2020}}</ref> * 2021 - Autonomous (SAE level 4) vehicle test drive successful on normal roads<ref name="forbes-lv-testing" /> * 2022 - Motional and Lyft's public service is launched in Las Vegas using autonomous, all-electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 vehicles with a safety driver<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hawkins |first=Andrew J. |date=2022-08-16 |title=Lyft and Motional's all-electric robotaxi service is now live in Las Vegas |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/16/23306770/lyft-motional-robotaxi-service-las-vegas-hyundai-ev |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref> * 2022 - Motional and Lyft announced the planned launch of a fully driverless ride-hail service in Los Angeles<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Motional and Lyft to Launch Driverless Ride-hail Service in Los Angeles |url=https://motional.com/news/motional-and-lyft-launch-driverless-ride-hail-service-los-angeles |publisher=Motional |date=November 17, 2022 |access-date=2022-11-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sriram |first=Akash |date=November 17, 2022 |title=Lyft, Motional to launch robotaxi service in Los Angeles |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/lyft-motional-launch-robotaxi-service-los-angeles-2022-11-17/ |access-date=2022-11-27}}</ref>
Karl Iagnemma, founder of NuTonomy, was CEO of Motional. In September 2024 Karl stepped down as CEO of Motional.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Korosec |first1=Kirsten |title=CEO of self-driving startup Motional is stepping down |date=19 September 2024 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/18/ceo-of-self-driving-startup-motional-is-stepping-down/ |access-date=24 September 2024}}</ref> Currently Laura Major is the President and CEO of Motional as of 2025.<ref>Laura Major, CEO of Motional, https://motional.com/laura-major</ref>
==Services== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Service areas in the United States |- !State !Metro area !Status !Launch date !{{Reference column heading}} |- |Nevada |Las Vegas |{{maybe|Safety-driver service with Uber}} |''2026'' |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://motional.com/news/uber-and-motional-launch-robotaxi-service-las-vegas|date=2026-03-13|access-date=2026-03-13|publisher=Motional|title=Uber and Motional Launch Robotaxi Service in Las Vegas|quote=Initially, Motional robotaxis will feature a vehicle operator monitoring the road ahead from behind the steering wheel. A fully driverless service — with no human operator in the vehicle — is expected to begin by the end of this year.}}</ref> |}
== Finances == Motional is majority owned by Hyundai Motor Group. In 2024, Motional completed a $475M funding round with Hyundai.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston robotaxi firm Motional gets $475 million boost from Hyundai - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/02/business/boston-robotaxi-firm-motional-gets-475-million-boost-hyundai/ |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{official website|https://motional.com}}
Category:2020 establishments in Massachusetts Category:Self-driving car companies Category:Hyundai Motor Group