Tariffs on Chinese EVs prompt the Alphabet-owned self-driving company to seek out the South Korean carmaker as a possible partner.

Waymo is reportedly in talks with South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor for contract manufacturing its robotaxis. What Happened: Waymo officials have met with Hyundai Motor officials over three times at the former’s headquarters in the U.

Autonomous driving firm Waymo is reportedly in talks with Hyundai Motor to outsource the manufacturing of its robotaxis, according to the Electronic Times. Officials at Waymo, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet, have met with Hyundai Motor more than three times, the report says.

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 could become Waymo's next self-driving taxi, deploying a new generation of the Google spinoff's Waymo Driver autonomous-driving system, Reuters reports.

STORY: Waymo is talking to Hyundai Motor about making its self-driving taxis. That’s according to reports by South Korea’s Electronic Times newspaper. It says the pair have met several times to discuss using Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 vehicles for Waymo’s next-generation cabs.

Waymo and Hyundai have reportedly met more than three times to discuss the automaker building autonomous Ioniqs to replace Waymo’s Zeekr fleet