Seoul Metropolitan Government · self-driving bus or shuttle
Seoul late-night autonomous bus A21
Hyundai Elec City
Two full-size Hyundai Elec City electric buses converted for automated driving and run by the city at night, with staff on board. Rides were free at launch.
- Price
- —Service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- SupervisedHow it runs
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- 2Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Seoul described it as the world's first late-night autonomous city bus route.
Real-world use
Started on 4 December 2023 on a 9.8 km central bus-lane route between Hapjeong and Dongdaemun, running weeknights from 23:30 to 05:10.
Maker
Seoul Metropolitan GovernmentCompanyHow 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
- Seoul (Hapjeong to Dongdaemun)
- Fleet
- 2 buses (Seoul, December 2023)
Public attention
How much public attention Seoul late-night autonomous bus A21 (Hyundai Elec City) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- about 2 units or vehicles reported by the maker or press (may be a company-wide total)
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; 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
Seoul late-night autonomous bus A21 (Hyundai Elec City) is the only vehicle from Seoul Metropolitan Government (Hyundai Elec City buses) 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
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 | Seoul late-night autonomous bus A21 (Hyundai Elec City)Seoul Metropolitan Government (Hyundai Elec City buses) |  ZEN drive Pilot (Yamaha Land Car)Yamaha Motor with AISTSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Milton Park autonomous minibusFusion Processing with First Bus (Fiat Ducato base)Same job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  MiCaAuve TechSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2023-12-04 | 2020-12-22 | 2023-01-23 | 2022-10 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial |
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| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | 25 km/h |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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