Hyundai’s Trailer Drone concept wins top Red Dot design award

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Friday its Trailer Drone, a fully autonomous hydrogen mobility concept, has won the top honor of Red Dot’s design award.

The “Luminary” honor is the highest level of recognition awarded by Red Dot, selected from among Red Dot’s “Best of the Best” winners to serve as an inspiration and role model for designers, it said.

Hyundai said Red Dot has also named the SEVEN, its large electric SUV IONIQ 7 concept, a “Best of the Best” and its robotics-based Plug & Drive (PnD) modular platform a “Winner.”

The Trailer Drone is a unique and innovative commercial mobility solution in which a trailer is placed on two e-Bogies, allowing it to rotate in a narrower radius than a general trailer, according to Hyundai.

The PnD module, which Hyundai revealed at CES 2022, is an all-in-one mobility solution that combines in-wheel electric drive, intelligent steering, braking and suspension hardware that can be scaled up or down as needed, it said.

Write to Hyung-Kyu Kim at khk@hankyung.com
In-Soo Nam edited this article.