Since 1995, Hyundai organizes a competition for Korean university teams that allows them to put their creative ideas for the future of automotive technology into practice on a vehicle. The competition has been focusing on the development of autonomous driving functions since 2010.

For the first time, in 2021, a “Virtual Challenge” takes place before the final competition. 23 student teams are going to compete in February to present the autonomous driving functions that they have developed virtually. Hyundai has decided to use CarMaker as a development tool for the competition.

IPG Automotive Korea provides free CarMaker licenses for the participants, as well as exclusive support. The participants have access to a variety of workshops and they can address all their questions to the experts from IPG Automotive online or via phone. During the competition, all participants benefit from the extensive CarMaker features to build virtual prototypes and the vehicle environment as well as to parameterize their sensor models.

The 6 winning teams of the “Virtual Challenge” will then attend the finals. Their goal will then be to implement the virtually developed autonomous driving functions in the real Hyundai KIA NIRO EV by October 2021 – to prove their ability to compete in the real world as well.