The goal of the AV foundry business is to provide vehicles that have already been engineered and validated for AV deployment to the companies developing the automated driving systems. For Hyundai, this is likely a very smart move.

Waymo's Ioniq 5s will be made in the USA. The highly rated EV is going into production at Hyundai's new factory in Georgia shortly and from there will be upfitted with Waymo's hardware and software at a facility in Mesa, Arizona, operated in conjunction with the tier 1 supplier Magna International.

Hyundai Motor and Waymo have agreed to a multiyear, strategic partnership that includes the self-driving company adding the South Korean automaker’s Ioniq 5 electric vehicle to its robotaxi fleet.