Hyundai Motor looks into future of auto production

Modern manufacturing: The interior of a Ioniq 5 EV in Singapore. Hyundai Motor opens a new highly automated facility in the city-state that it expects will play a crucial role in its strategy. — Bloomberg

SEOUL: When asked to picture an auto-manufacturing plant, one would easily think of multiple assembly lines filled with engineers and vehicle parts being transported to their next destinations. Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Centre Singapore, or HMGICS, is anything but that.

Built to illustrate the future of vehicle production, the complex resembles more of a high-tech lab, filled with roaming autonomous robots, a massive smart-farming system and a dizzying number of digital screens.