Hyundai Mobis says it will test a self-driving vehicle in the US this year, with the aim to mass-produce a semi-autonomous car in 2022.

The components subsidiary of Hyundai-Kia Group said it plans to start test driving a vehicle named M.BILLY on the motorways of Michigan this year as the company obtained an approval to carry out the test from the local government in 2016.

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The semi-autonomous vehicle to be tested in Michigan has a Level 3 rating, which requires a driver to control the car only in emergencies.

The company also plans to carry out the same motorway test for the Level 3 semi-autonomous car in South Korea and Germany.

Hyundai Mobis wants to increase its number of M.BILLY autonomous vehicles to ten this year.

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The company also plans to increase the number of engineers in the autonomous vehicle R&D department by more than 15% by 2021 from the current 600.

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