Kia’s Autonomous Vehicle technologies

MANILA, Philippines - Kia’s Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) currently being developed include six key technologies:

Highway Autonomous Driving (HAD)

HAD will utilize Kia’s radar and LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging radar) systems to interpret lane markings, allowing the car to stay in its lane and switch to others to overtake or to turn. This system operates the steering wheel, indicators, gas and brake pedals, while displaying key information on the LCD head-up display (HUD).

Emergency Stop System (ESS)

ESS, paired with an advanced Driver Status Monitoring (DSM) system, uses sensors to monitor the position of the driver’s face to ensure their full attention while at the wheel. If it detects that the driver has fallen asleep, or the driver’s gaze isn’t focused on the road ahead for too long, ESS automatically directs the car to an appropriate side lane and safely parks itself, removing the car and driver out of harm’s way.

Urban Autonomous Driving (UAD)

UAD allows the car to navigate safely through densely populated city streets, using GPS, lane data, and nearby structure recognition to pinpoint precisely where the car is and where it is headed. UAD detects surrounding objects such as pedestrians, bicycles and cars, and measures their proximity to the car, and ‘reads’ traffic lights and road signs at the side of the road.

Traffic Jam Assist (TJA)

TJA tracks the vehicle in front during high-traffic conditions, and identifies appropriate spaces in other lanes to move in to safely and gain more ground in heavy congestion. The system uses external sensors to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front at all times, and only maneuvers when safe spaces are available.

Autonomous Valet Parking

Autonomous Valet Parking will enhance Kia’s existing Smart Parking Assist System (SPAS), by allowing drivers to exit the car and watch the vehicle park itself remotely, activated using the smart key or a smartwatch. Requiring no steering input from the driver, the car can approach an available parking space and maneuver into it quickly and easily. The GPS-operated Parking Minder system on the Kia Telematics app lets drivers relocate their autonomously-parked car when they return to it.

Preceding Vehicle Following (PVF)

PVF functions in place of Kia’s lane recognition systems (LKAS, LDWS) if there is no decipherable lane marking, or if the road is under construction. While monitoring the car’s surroundings, PVF carefully tracks the direction and speed of the vehicle in front and calculates its own path, maintaining a safe distance.