Hyundai Motor names Samsung, Nvidia veteran to lead autonomous driving

Hyundai Motor Group said Thursday it has hired Kwon Jung-hyun, a former Samsung Electronics executive who previously worked on autonomous driving software at Nvidia, to lead its autonomous driving development. Kwon has been appointed head of the Autonomous Driving Development Center under the group’s Advanced Vehicle Platform Division. Kwon most recently led intelligent robotics development at Samsung Electronics and previously oversaw autonomous driving software development and commercializatio