Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the global transportation and automotive landscape from factory supercomputing and scalable AD platforms to high-performance EVs and intelligent traffic systems.
This week’s developments from Foxconn, DeepRoute.ai, Hyundai, and Hong Kong’s Smart Traffic Fund reveal how AI is being deployed at industrial, consumer, and citywide levels simultaneously.
(Foxconn)
Foxconn kicked off Hon Hai Tech Day 2025 by showcasing its expanding ecosystem of AI partnerships with NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Alphabet reinforcing its strategy to become a key global force in AI manufacturing and infrastructure.
A highlight was the announcement of a US$1.4 billion supercomputing center, built around 10,000 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs and GB300 NVL72 systems, scheduled to go online in H1 2026.
By combining advanced chips, fiber-optic connectivity, and edge-to-cloud integration, Foxconn is positioning itself as the industrial backbone behind future autonomous vehicles, smart factories, service robots, and generative AI applications.
(DeepRoute.ai)
DeepRoute.ai announced that its Navigation-on-Autopilot (NOA) platform will be installed in 200,000+ production vehicles by the end of 2025, with a massive scale-up to 1 million deployments in 2026.
The company says it captured nearly 40% of China’s third-party urban NOA market in October, driven by a low-cost hardware stack, strong OEM partnerships, and rapid software iteration.
This trajectory places DeepRoute.ai among the fastest-scaling ADAS/AD platform suppliers in the world rivaling Huawei, Baidu, and Xpeng in China’s hyper-competitive urban autonomy market.
(Hyundai)
Hyundai’s performance division has taken another major step forward with the North American debut of the IONIQ 6 N at AutoMobility LA.
The high-performance EV targets U.S. availability in 2026 and features:
Up to 641 hp
0–60 mph in ~3.2 seconds
160 mph top speed
84 kWh battery
As Hyundai continues expanding its N-brand EV strategy, the IONIQ 6 N showcases the company’s ambition to compete directly with performance-focused EVs from Tesla, Porsche, and Lucid.
(Hong Kong Smart Traffic Fund)
Hong Kong’s Smart Traffic Fund has approved two new projects aimed at enhancing urban mobility and emergency response using AI and connected sensors.
The first initiative will develop a multimodal sensor + cloud-based self-diagnostic system for vehicles, improving predictive maintenance and operational uptime.
The second focuses on creating an AI platform for dynamic emergency incident management, powered by real-time aerial video processing.
Both projects underline Hong Kong’s push to build smarter, safer, and more adaptive mobility infrastructure through cutting-edge AI integration.
From Foxconn’s supercomputing infrastructure and DeepRoute.ai’s mass-market NOA, to Hyundai’s performance EV innovation and Hong Kong’s AI-driven traffic systems, one conclusion is clear:
AI is becoming the foundation layer of global mobility from factories, to vehicles, to entire cities.
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