With a sleek design resembling the rest of the IONIQ lineup, the vehicle is one of the few self - driving cars in development to have
a hidden LiDAR system in its front bumper instead of on the roof, enabling it to look like any other car on the road and not a high school science project.
The car's
hidden LiDAR system also allows the Autonomous IONIQ to detect the absolute position of surrounding vehicles and objects.
It's fitted with
a hidden LiDAR system in the front bumper, and Hyundai says since it's not fitted to the roof the car doesn't look like a «high school science project.»
With a sleek design resembling the rest of the IONIQ line - up, the autonomous IONIQ is one of the few self - driving cars being developed to have
a hidden LiDAR system in its front bumper instead of on the roof.