Million Connected Cars by 2027 After the Road Transport Ministry Issued a Draft Notification to Implement V2V Communication Systems

Workers assemble cars inside the Hyundai Motor India Ltd. plant at Kancheepuram district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu October 4, 2012. Running around the clock and selling everything it can build, Hyundai Motor's Indian factory is bursting at the seams. But as demand grows and rivals scale up, the car maker has chosen to take its foot off the pedal. Hyundai's strategic decision to focus on quality over quantity, even as its production lines are stretched in India and elsewhere, risks losing hard-won market share and is forcing it to divert output from its plant outside Chennai away from exports to other high-growth markets to meet domestic demand.

Picture taken October 4, 2012. The government's proposed framework for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication is likely to accelerate the adoption of connected mobility and safety technologies in India, with Hyundai Motor India targeting cumulative sales of 1 million connected cars by 2027. The company's announcement comes days after the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued a draft notification proposing the phased implementation of V2V communication systems to enhance road safety. Hyundai Motor India Limited on Monday said it has crossed 0.8 million cumulative connected car sales in India, with connected vehicle adoption across its portfolio rising five-fold from 4 per cent in 2019 to 20 per cent in 2026. The announcement comes against the backdrop of the government's proposed V2V framework last week, under which vehicles manufactured from October 2028 would be required to be fitted with V2V systems conforming to AIS-230. The proposed technology would allow vehicles to exchange real-time information such as speed, position and direction, enabling warnings for sudden braking, forward-collision risks, unsafe lane changes and approaching emergency vehicles. The company introduced Hyundai Bluelink in India in 2019 with the Hyundai VENUE and has since expanded its connected-car ecosystem to more than 70 features spanning safety, security and convenience.

These include remote vehicle monitoring, vehicle health diagnostics, location tracking, trip history, remote commands, in-car payments through Hyundai Pay, Digital Key, Digital Passport, Remote Immobilizer and Home-to-Car Connectivity. Bluelink also supports more than 450 AI-powered voice commands across five languages, reflecting the increasing integration of software and artificial intelligence into vehicle ownership and driving experiences. Hyundai said the technology has also delivered safety benefits, assisting more than 0.5 million motorists through SOS and roadside assistance services.

It has supported around 15,000 crash notification interventions and helped law-enforcement agencies in vehicle tracing and recovery efforts. The automaker aims to cross 2 million cumulative connected car sales by 2030 as it advances its Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) roadmap.