Motional · robotaxi
Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxi
A Hyundai IONIQ 5 built with Motional's driving system for ride-hail. Motional targets fully driverless service in Las Vegas by the end of 2026.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Motional says it is one of the first SAE Level 4-capable robotaxis certified to US federal motor vehicle safety standards.
Real-world use
Ran on Lyft in Las Vegas with safety drivers from 2022, paused during a 2024 restructuring, and relaunched on Uber in Las Vegas on 13 March 2026 with an operator behind the wheel.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2021
- Released
- 2026-03-13
Maker
MotionalCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- Las Vegas (Strip, Downtown, Town Square); earlier testing in Boston, Pittsburgh and other cities
- Rides, miles or loads
- more than 130,000 autonomous rides across earlier pilots (Motional, March 2026)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxi gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxi is the only vehicle from Motional (Hyundai Motor Group) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
Motional with Uber · Las Vegas · since 2026-03-13
Uber riders in Las Vegas can be matched with Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxis along the Strip, downtown and Town Square, with a vehicle operator behind the wheel. Motional
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxiMotional (Hyundai Motor Group) |  Apollo Moon (5th-gen robotaxi, ARCFOX version)Baidu Apollo with BAIC ARCFOXSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  AutoX RoboTaxi (Shenzhen driverless fleet)AutoXSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Volkswagen ID. Buzz ADVolkswagen Commercial Vehicles / MOIA, with MobileyeSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2021 | 2021-06-17 | 2020-12 | 2021 |
| Status | Pilot use | Pilot use | Pilot use | Pilot use |
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| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | $75,000 | — | — |
Sources
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