Hyundai Motor & Robotics LAB Triumph at Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2025 with Visionary Innovations - CleanTechnica

Hyundai Motor Company and its Robotics LAB achieved multiple honors at the Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2025, showcasing their innovative advances in autonomous and electric mobility. The City Pod and Urban Pod concepts won the prestigious ‘Best of the Best’ award in the Autonomous category. The City Pod is a hydrogen-powered, large-scale autonomous logistics vehicle featuring an automatic classification system for versatile applications including logistics, public transport, and hydrogen energy distribution. The Urban Pod (U-POD) is a multipurpose electric vehicle designed for last-mile mobility and digital twin environments, emphasizing sustainability and smart city integration. Additionally, Hyundai’s Nano Mobility concept won in the Bicycles and Personal Mobility Devices category, offering a simple in-wheel motor design combined with autonomous driving and ride-hailing capabilities to enhance micro-mobility and logistics. The E3W and E4W electric vehicle concepts, reimagining India’s motor rickshaw for passenger transport, logistics, and emergency response, also received ‘Winner’ awards in