Hyundai Motor Group unveiled HMG's smart city master model at the 2022 World Cities Summit in Singapore on August 1.

The model represents the Group's vision of smart cities and shows how to strengthen them with sustainable and smart mobility solutions. The model will serve as a guide for developing smart mobility solutions that support smart cities worldwide and revitalize their urban communities.

During the development of the model, the Group also reaffirmed its smart city philosophy, which is "human centered, coexisting with nature and embracing the future".

Hyundai Motor Group President and Chief Innovation Officer Mr. Youngcho Chi further elaborated on the Group's vision for smart cities during his participation in the World Cities Summit panel discussion.

"HMG's smart city master model is our vision of a human-centered city that will revitalize urban communities. In the smart cities of the future, our ambition is for humanity to coexist with nature while embracing technology. Our air and ground mobility solutions will redefine urban boundaries, bringing people together in a meaningful way. they will connect and revitalize cities. We will continue to work with governments around the world to realize our smart cities vision while rapidly advancing the capabilities of future mobility solutions."

HMG's smart city concept, inspired by a honeycomb model, is a hexagonal city with a human-centered surface layer and a function-based underground layer. In the surface layer, the buildings surround nature, in the form of parks and forests, which are located in the center of the city, thus reducing the gross area developed by humans.

The buildings are divided into three sections according to population density: high, medium and low. Density is reduced near the parks and forests of the city center, allowing residents to see nature unobstructed from anywhere in the city. The buildings are organized within these sections according to their purpose. For example, the landmarks of the city will be in the high density area, while the security infrastructure will be located in the medium density area so that any part can be accessed effortlessly.

The city will be connected by underground road infrastructure. All goods and services will be transported underground via autonomous mobility to automated logistics centers in each region, where autonomous robots will make the final delivery.

Citizens will move between cities using Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). AAM vehicles will land and take off from a series of Hub 2.0 towers that combine residential and office areas with AAM ports at the top of the building.