The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Motional: 1 model, 3 deployments across 2 regions, $4.8B raised, 11 active incidents. 12 sources back the record.
Motional holds 2 Regulatory filing, per the DEPLOY registry.
See all 2 filingsCategoryRobotaxis
Overview
Autonomous vehicle joint venture (formed 2020 from Aptiv + Hyundai motor group). Paused commercial service May 2024 during restructuring (Aptiv exiting, layoffs). Relaunched with Uber in Las Vegas March 2026 with safety operators; targeting fully driverless Level 4 by end-2026. Primary vehicle: Hyundai IONIQ 5.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 11 incidents on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
Focus
Stage
Customers
Technology
Robot
Las Vegas ops center
LA expansion
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Patent documents
10
Web sources
1
12 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Motional has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Uber1× joint
Most recent
- Uber x Motional Las Vegas Robotaxi2026-03-13with Uberoperating
Motional on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Mar 2026. Explore where Motional's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Motional deployment record →
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Motional, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
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Current leadership (1)
- Laura Major CEOreported, not verified
Former / Previously (1)
- Karl Iagnemma CEOsince 2020-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Motional (11)
- ADS crash report in Las Vegas, NV involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 30410-15591)2026-06-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Las Vegas, NV involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 30410-15247)2026-05-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Las Vegas, NV involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 30410-14562)2026-04-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Las Vegas, NV involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 30410-14092)2026-02-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Las Vegas, NV involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 30410-14170)2026-02-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Las Vegas, NV involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 30410-14238)2026-02-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Pittsburgh, PA involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 30410-13069)2025-11-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Las Vegas, NV involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 30410-11857)2025-10-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Las Vegas, NV involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 30410-12017)2025-10-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report in Las Vegas, NV involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 30410-11770)2025-09-01 · Collision
- ADS crash report involving a HYUNDAI Ioniq 5 (NHTSA SGO 30410-11101)2025-06-01 · Collision
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (1)
- Motional3 deployments
Brains developed (1)
- Motional Driverfoundation-model · commercial
Recent coverage
Motional in third-party press
Peers
92 peers across 2 segments. Every Motional competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
av(88)
57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- Aurora Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- AutoXdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Avridedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Baidudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Bot Autodirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Caterpillardirect competitor(inferred)strong
autonomous vehicle(4)
- Waymodirect competitor(reported)strong
- Cruisedirect competitor(reported)moderate
- May Mobilitydirect competitor(reported)moderate
- Zooxdirect competitor(reported)moderate
Supplied by (2)
Sensors
- Velodyne LiDARcompany-levelVelodyne Alpha Prime -- exclusive long-range surround-view LiDAR for Motional driverless vehicles (multi-year, 2020)supplies
- Hesai Technologyvia Motional IONIQ 5 RobotaxiHesai short-range LiDAR (exclusive supplier for Motional IONIQ 5 Robotaxi; specific model SKU undisclosed at announcement)supplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Total funding
- $4.8B
- Employees
- 981
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Motional has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Uber x Motional Las Vegas Robotaxi2026-03-13with Uberoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Uber1× joint
Funding rounds (3)
Motional’s 3 disclosed rounds, $4.8B in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2025-08-01
$550M(reported) · $4.4B post
Investors: Aptiv (formerly Delphi Automotive), Hyundai, Nuance Investments
- Equity Raise 20232023-01-31
$258M(reported) · $1.3B post
Investors: Hyundai Motor Group (co_lead), Aptiv (formerly Delphi Automotive) (co_lead)
- JV Formation (Hyundai + Aptiv)2020-03-26
$4.0B(reported) · $20.0B post
Investors: Aptiv (formerly Delphi Automotive) (co_lead), Hyundai Motor Group (co_lead)
Regulatory filings (2)
- CA-DMV-TEST-MOTIONALother · othergranted2023-01-01
- NV-DMV-COC-MOTIONAL-2020other · othergranted2020-10-01
Patent estate (10)
- US9465388B1usptograntedgranted 2016-10-04assignee
- US10857994B2usptograntedgranted 2020-12-08assignee
- US12276983B2usptograntedgranted 2025-04-15assignee
- US11958503B2usptograntedgranted 2024-04-09assignee
- US10126136B2usptograntedgranted 2018-11-06assignee
- US10583803B2usptograntedgranted 2020-03-10assignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Motional’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Hyundai Motor Company
2026-08-23Supply: Hyundai IONIQ 5 platform for Motional from Hyundai Motor Company
New supplierNew supplier: Aptiv
2026-08-23Supply: Aptiv JV partner for Motional from Aptiv
New supplierNew supplier: Hesai Technology
2026-08-23Supply: Hesai short-range LiDAR for Motional IONIQ 5 from Hesai Technology
New supplierNew supplier: Ambarella
2026-08-23Supply: Ambarella CVflow AI vision processors for Motional from Ambarella
New supplierNew supplier: Velodyne LiDAR
2026-06-27Supply: Velodyne Alpha Prime -- exclusive long-range surround-view LiDAR for Motional driverless vehicles (multi-year, 2020) from Velodyne LiDAR
PartnershipUber x Motional Las Vegas Robotaxi
2026-03-13Uber and Motional relaunched commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas. IONIQ 5 robotaxis on Uber network. Expanding to LA mid-2027.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2025-08-01Series B raising $550000000
Funding roundEquity Raise 2023 funding round
2023-01-31Equity Raise 2023 raising $258000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Introducing Motional's All-Electric IONIQ 5 Robotaxi
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Motional - Product Reveal
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
What Happens in Vegas, Makes Our IONIQ 5-based Robotaxi Even Safer
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Motional and Lyft Deliver First Rides in Motional's IONIQ 5 AV
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Introducing Motional's All-Electric IONIQ 5 Robotaxi
Sources (2)
Market intelligence
Hiring signals
Role composition
Recent openings
- Senior Software Engineer, Engineering EnablementEngineering
Singapore, Central, Singapore
- Staff Software Engineer, Motion PlanningEngineering
Singapore, Central, Singapore
- Principal Engineer Tech Lead, Embodied AI & Off-Board Performance EvaluationEngineering
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Principal Engineer Tech Lead, Embodied AI & Off-Board Performance EvaluationEngineering
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Engineering
- Principal Engineer Tech Lead, Embodied AI & Off-Board Performance EvaluationEngineering
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
+4 more open roles tracked
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Motional.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Motional from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Why fast food's promotional blitz couldn't sustain value perceptions
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Psychology says men who describe their wife or partner as the person they feel closest to aren’t unusually dependent — among married men, it is overwhelmingly the norm, even as men are far less likely than women to turn to friends for emotional support
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Laid-off tech workers from Google, Microsoft confront a difficult job market
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The pet names we invent reveal less about our attachment to animals than about the secret language of intimacy itself.
How legal surrogacy in NY has changed parents lives — and why the battle’s not over yet for some
It's an emotionally and financially draining — and often complex — journey, as demonstrated with the recent headline-making McKenna West news.
Psychology says people who retreat into silence when upset aren’t broken or withholding — they often come from homes where speaking up changed the atmosphere in the room, and they’ve been managing the atmosphere ever since
What looks like emotional punishment is often a nervous system in crisis—a learned survival strategy from childhood.
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Psychology suggests people who have dozens of acquaintances but no close friends aren’t necessarily shallow or emotionally unavailable — they may have learned how to connect with almost anyone without ever letting anyone get close enough to truly know them
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Ndamukong Suh spoke to Business Insider about the physical and emotional toll of life in professional football.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/motional.md
- RSS feed: /companies/motional/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c785150a-ee0b-4a51-bab8-384a0d5cd50e
- Revision history: /companies/motional/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
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The family of an Indigenous boy who was killed by two Burlington, Ont., women while in their care delivered agonizing victim impact statements in a tense courtr
Iranian state television early Tuesday aired live images of tens of thousands of people walking toward Jamkaran Mosque, just south of Qom, for a funeral service
A fresh tragedy has struck the family of Ketan Agarwal after his grandfather, Devichand Agarwal, passed away just 17 days after Ketan's murder. Family members s
Nara Smith’s 2-year-old daughter, Whimsy Lou, was diagnosed with cancer “late last year.” The social media influencer shared the news Wednesday with an Instagra
Sky News contributor James Bolt breaks down the courtroom moment Charlie Kirk's alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, came face-to-face with Erika Kirk. “It’s so imp
Son of fallen FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller Jr. joins 'Varney & Co.' to discuss the Steel Across America Tour's stop in Los Angeles and how the initiative is
At Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral in Tehran, mourners paid tribute to the children of Minab, with photographs at the prayer site symbolising remembrance and g
Incessant rainfall over the last five days in Mumbai has resulted in at least eleven deaths, with a red alert still in place for the city and adjoining areas. A
The race to get autonomous vehicles on the road across the U.S. is intensifying. Motional, a driverless technology company, and ride-hailing giant Lyft announce
A young girl got the birthday surprise of a lifetime at the Memphis Zoo when her father, Navy Personnel Specialist 1st Class Adam Popke, returned from a deploym
A heart-wrenching plea for justice echoes across the nation as Surender Mattoo, the father of Sarthak Mattoo, speaks out after losing his only son in a brutal h
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Celebrities including Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow and Stevie Wonder honor Clive Davis with moving tributes and performances at his funeral ceremony.
At Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral in Tehran, mourners paid tribute to the children of Minab, with photographs at the prayer site symbolising remembrance and g
When deaf students gain reliable captions, they don't just learn—they connect. Watch how one student's gaze shifted from interpreter to teacher, sparking tears
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Motional draws attention at the 89th percentile but verifies reality at the 52nd percentile among AVs. Hype Gap +36.1, 6th widest among AVs.
6-month trend
Analysis
1 independent sighting confirm real-world presence. Well-capitalized with $4.8B raised. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 5, 2026