Motional

Boston, Massachusetts, United States · motional.com

Motional develops autonomous-driving systems and robotaxis, including its collaboration with Hyundai, Kia and NVIDIA on data-driven autonomous driving.

Robotics · watchlist · score 61AI Core · prospect · score 27

Positioning

Motional is a Hyundai-majority-owned US robotaxi maker running the SAE L4-capable IONIQ 5 in Las Vegas service zones, having launched an Uber-Motional Las Vegas service in March 2026 with a vehicle operator on board and fully driverless service targeted by end-2026. It went through an AI-centered reboot in early 2026 on a 10-year Uber framework dating to 2022. Revenue is not broken out (estimated <25m).

Latest signals

  • Zoox is operating a commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas.TechCrunch
  • Hyundai Motor and Kia are expanding their NVIDIA collaboration on data-driven autonomous-driving systems.NVIDIA blogs
  • Motional launched the nuReasoning Challenge at the European Conference on Computer Vision.PR Newswire, all releases
  • Motional open-sourced a reasoning-centric dataset for autonomous vehicles.PR Newswire, all releases
  • Uber will operate its 1,000-robotaxi Nevada permit through Motional and Zoox partnerships.TechCrunch

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Facts, with sources

  • Hyundai Motor and Kia are expanding their collaboration with NVIDIA on data-driven autonomous-driving systems.Partnership · NVIDIA blogs
  • Motional launched the nuReasoning Challenge at the European Conference on Computer Vision.Product launch · www.prnewswire.com — 2026-09-08
  • Motional open-sourced a reasoning-centric dataset for autonomous vehicles.Product launch · www.prnewswire.com — 2026-09-08
  • Uber will operate its Nevada robotaxi permit through Motional and Zoox partnerships.Partnership · TechCrunch

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Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment4
Production4
Commercials2
Progress7
Technology8
Positioning6
Firepower8
Leverage6

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Questions this page answers

What does Motional do?

Motional develops autonomous-driving systems and robotaxis, including its collaboration with Hyundai, Kia and NVIDIA on data-driven autonomous driving. Motional is a Hyundai-majority-owned US robotaxi maker running the SAE L4-capable IONIQ 5 in Las Vegas service zones, having launched an Uber-Motional Las Vegas service in March 2026 with a vehicle operator on board and fully driverless service targeted by end-2026. It went through an AI-centered reboot in early 2026 on a 10-year Uber framework dating to 2022. Revenue is not broken out (estimated

Where does Motional rank in robotics?

Motional is on the Robotics watchlist list of Frontier Tech Intelligence with a score of 61 out of 100, below the Top 100.

Where is Motional based and when was it founded?

Motional is based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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