The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Motional: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $550.0M raised, 10 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
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- 10 incidents on file
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 →Motional on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Mar 2026. Explore where Motional's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Motional deployment record →
Relationships
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 (10)
- 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 30410-14238)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 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 30410-12017)2025-10-01 · 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 30410-11770)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)
- Motional1 deployment
Brains developed (1)
- Motional Driverfoundation-model · commercial
Recent coverage
Motional in third-party press
Burnout rose in 65 percent of workplace sectors examined between 2021 and 2023, while a study of 28,000 adults across 166 countries found a simultaneous global decline in emotional skills linked to resilience — suggesting the burnout crisis isn’t only about how much work people face, but also the resources they have left to cope with it.
Adults who apologise for crying aren’t over-emotional, they were taught early that tears were an inconvenience someone else had to manage, and the apology is the tax they still pay for feeling anything visible
The claim that emotionally intelligent people dose themselves with a little stress to sharpen performance gets the mechanism slightly wrong: the evidence points less to controlling the amount of stress than to reappraising the arousal you already have as readiness rather than threat
Peer companies
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
- 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)
- Uber x Motional Las Vegas Robotaxi with Uberdeployment
Funding rounds (3)
Motional’s 3 disclosed rounds, $4.8B in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2025-08-01
$550M(reported)
Investors: Aptiv (formerly Delphi Automotive), Hyundai, Nuance Investments
- Equity Raise 20232023-01-31
$258M(reported)
Investors: Hyundai Motor Group (co_lead), Aptiv (formerly Delphi Automotive) (co_lead)
- JV Formation (Hyundai + Aptiv)2020-03-26
$4.0B(reported)
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
- US20250214609A1usptopendingassignee
- US11789445B2usptograntedgranted 2023-10-10assignee
- US12583477B2usptograntedgranted 2026-03-24assignee
- US20190265703A1usptopendingassignee
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 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
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.
Burnout rose in 65 percent of workplace sectors examined between 2021 and 2023, while a study of 28,000 adults across 166 countries found a simultaneous global decline in emotional skills linked to resilience — suggesting the burnout crisis isn’t only about how much work people face, but also the resources they have left to cope with it.
Burnout rose across most measured sectors as self-rated emotional skills declined. The evidence points to depleted resources, but it does not excuse poor work design.
Adults who apologise for crying aren’t over-emotional, they were taught early that tears were an inconvenience someone else had to manage, and the apology is the tax they still pay for feeling anything visible
The reflexive sorry that follows tears in adulthood isn't about being over-emotional. It's a small tax carried forward from a household where visible feeling was treated as an…
The claim that emotionally intelligent people dose themselves with a little stress to sharpen performance gets the mechanism slightly wrong: the evidence points less to controlling the amount of stress than to reappraising the arousal you already have as readiness rather than threat
The difference between peak performance and burnout may not be about managing stress levels, but about how you interpret the racing heart and sweaty palms already coursing through…
Sarajevo Film Festival Boss Jovan Marjanović on Owning Its Powerful Origin Story: “We Connect This Legacy of War… and Build Bridges”
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Adam Vinatieri's Pro Football Hall of Fame speech roasted Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, and Peyton Manning before delivering an emotional tribute to football.
Tencent reportedly makes WorkBuddy a top strategic AI priority
Tencent’s WorkBuddy has reportedly become one of the company’s highest-priority AI applications, with the company increasing advertising, computing and organizational resources…
A 2026 study asked people to design the most emotionally pleasant life possible, and most rejected a life without negative feelings; satisfaction peaked when their real emotions matched the mix they wanted, not when positivity was highest
We don't actually want to feel good all the time—we want to feel the way we think we should.
Psychology says falling asleep to your favorite podcast or show often isn’t about the content at all — in silence, the thoughts you successfully outran all day finally catch up with you, and the voice in the background is the last line of defense against them
We use our favorite shows and podcasts as emotional sedatives, not entertainment—and silence is the price we pay for avoiding ourselves.
‘My Life With the Walter Boys’ Star Ashby Gentry on Alex’s Healing Journey, New Love Triangle and “Picking Up the Pieces” in Season 4
The actor reflects on his character’s emotional evolution in season three, from navigating heartbreak to finding purpose in rodeo and unexpected connections.
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
Reality vs attention
Motional draws attention at the 86th percentile but verifies reality at the 15th percentile among AVs. Hype Gap +70.6, 1st 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: Aug 17, 2026