- Hyundai Motor Group and Singapore’s HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency) accomplice to rework how HTX develops and customizes Singapore’s public security fleet to improve agility and operational readiness
- First public security know-how demonstration is about to launch by 2028, that includes multi-purpose whole mobility options based mostly on modular frameworks such because the PBV platform
- Partnership additionally contains 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 (Home Team Science and Technology Agency)[1] have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on future mobility and superior applied sciences. The MoU was signed in the course of the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Korea in Gyeongju.
The tripartite MoU was signed by Chan Tsan, Chief Executive of HTX, and representing Group stakeholders, Hyundai Motor Company and Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore (HMGICS), Ilbum Kim, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Policy Office at Hyundai Motor Group and Hyun Sung Park, CEO of HMGICS. It was witnessed by Sim Ann, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs and Sung Kim, President for Strategic Planning at Hyundai Motor Group.
Through this partnership, Hyundai Motor Group and HTX will debut the Kia[2] PBV (Platform Beyond Vehicle) modular electrical car (EV) platform of their first know-how demonstration venture in Singapore, to enhance the agility and operational readiness of Singapore’s fleet of public security autos. This collaboration may even discover joint analysis and software of future applied sciences, together with robotics and hydrogen power.
Ideal Environment for Test-Bedding New Transformative Technologies
Recognizing Singapore’s open insurance policies, robust financial system, and talent-rich setting, Hyundai Motor Group views the nation as a great location for a human-centered “smart urban mobility hub.” Since establishing HMGICS in 2023, the Group has constructed shut partnerships with native universities, authorities analysis institutes and international corporations.
“Hyundai Motor Group has established a solid foundation for driving public mobility innovation in partnership with the Singaporean government, leveraging our proprietary technologies,” stated Ilbum Kim, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Policy Office at Hyundai Motor Group. “Through real-world demonstrations of mobility solutions, we will continue to lead global innovation in future technologies such as robotics and hydrogen.”
“Every partnership we forge is about advancing science and technology to empower the Home Team with better tools and smarter systems. This collaboration with Hyundai Motor Group enables us to push the boundaries of future mobility technologies and bring cutting-edge innovations into real-world Home Team operations, and beyond,” stated HTX Chief Executive Chan Tsan.
Demonstrating a Multi-Purpose Modular EV Platform for Public Safety
Hyundai Motor Group and HTX plan to conduct an indication venture for a multi-purpose modular EV platform by the top of 2028, aimed toward enhancing the operational effectivity of Singapore’s public security fleet, which incorporates autos similar to police vehicles and speedy response autos.
Currently, HTX customizes all kinds of autos to handle operational use instances for presidency businesses beneath Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which incorporates the Singapore Police Force and Singapore Civil Defence Force. To take its fleet administration capabilities to the following degree, 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 permit HTX to rework fleet operations throughout the Home Team Departments, considerably enhancing operational readiness, effectivity and adaptability, whereas lowering the necessity for a number of specialised autos. The venture is predicted to align with Singapore’s broader electrification technique in line with the Singapore Green Plan 2030, which incorporates Singapore’s imaginative and prescient for all autos to run on cleaner power by 2040.
Expanding Collaboration into Core Future Technologies
Beyond mobility, Hyundai Motor Group and HTX plan to collaborate on key future applied sciences similar to robotics and hydrogen power, with the purpose of reworking Singapore’s public security methods.
As a world mobility chief, Hyundai Motor Group continues to innovate in robotics and hydrogen power. Following its acquisition of Boston Dynamics in 2021, the Group introduced further 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 Fuel Cell, reinforcing its management in sustainable mobility.