SEOUL -- Hyundai Motor sent a prototype of its new fuel cell vehicle on a roughly 250km autonomous drive Monday to the host city of this month's Winter Olympics, highlighting the South Korean automaker's stepped-up development of hydrogen-powered cars.
Hyundai equipped the Nexo SUV with an advanced autonomous-driving system for the test run, which began just outside Seoul and took the car to Pyeongchang. The system rates as level 4 under U.S.-based trade group SAE International's classification for autonomous vehicles, according to Hyundai, with level 5 regarded as full automation.
