Hyundai Motor India targeting having on road one million connected cars by 2027

Hyundai Motor India is targeting having on road one million connected cars by 2027.

Hyundai, which started selling connected cars in 2019, has 0.8 million connected cars now running on Indian roads.

The growth is being driven by Hyundai Bluelink, the company’s AI-powered connected car platform, which offers customers access to more than 70 features spanning safety, security and convenience. These include remote vehicle monitoring, health diagnostics, location tracking, trip history, remote commands, in-car payments through Hyundai Pay, Digital Key, Digital Passport, Remote Immobilizer and Home-to-Car connectivity. The platform also responds to over 450 AI-powered voice commands across five languages.


Tarun Garg, MD & CEO of HMIL, said, “the rising uptake of connected vehicles reflects the evolving expectations of customers and the increasing role of technology in shaping mobility.”

Looking ahead, he said, the company will remain focused on advancing software-defined mobility and expanding connected technologies across its portfolio.

He informed that company’s upcoming mass-market electric SUV that will carry next-generation connected tech as standard across all variants.

Hyundai has been building on connected technologies since 2019, when it launched Bluelink alongside the Hyundai VENUE. Since then, connected vehicle penetration across HMIL’s portfolio has increased five-fold, rising from 4% in 2019 to 20% in 2026.

The technology has evolved in stages: OTA map updates arrived with the Hyundai i20 in 2020, next-generation AVNT telematics followed in 2022, and 2025 saw the launch of the Connected Car Navigation Cockpit (ccNC) with controller-level OTA update capability — a key step in HMIL’s software-defined vehicle roadmap.

Beyond convenience, the company said, Bluelink has played a safety role too. The platform has assisted over 0.5 million motorists through SOS and roadside assistance services, supported around 15,000 crash notification interventions, and helped law enforcement trace and recover stolen vehicles. Features like Driving Score and Digital Passport are also nudging customers toward safer driving habits and better vehicle upkeep through personalized insights.

With connected mobility now a core part of its strategy, Hyundai expects software, not just hardware, will define its next phase of growth in India’s competitive auto market.