- Kia and Samsung collaborate to boost the digital ecosystem of Kia’s Platform Past Autos (PBVs) for enterprise
- Samsung’s B2B IoT platform – ‘SmartThings Professional’ – can be built-in into Kia PBVs for seamless connectivity between autos and enterprise environments
- The ‘Plug & Play’ enterprise mannequin will enable small enterprise homeowners to rapidly and flexibly customise their PBVs to go well with their particular wants
- Kia and Samsung plan to discover new IoT options and international growth, constructing on Korea’s status for good expertise
Kia Company has entered right into a strategic partnership with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. to introduce next-generation ‘Web of Issues’ (IoT) options for its Platform Past Autos (PBVs) choices.
The 2 firms signed a Memorandum of Understanding throughout Kia’s 2025 EV Day in Spain, marking a big step towards redefining each the ‘In-Automobile’ and ‘Out-of-Automobile’ expertise for PBV clients.
The signing ceremony was attended by Sangdae Kim, Head of Kia’s PBV Division, and Chanwoo Park, Government Vice President of B2B Built-in Providing Heart at Samsung Electronics.
The collaboration aligns with Kia’s wider Platform Past Automobile technique, which seeks to increase the function of PBVs past transportation into custom-made enterprise options that may be built-in into broader digital ecosystems.
“Kia PBVs are designed to be extra than simply autos, they’re clever enterprise options that join seamlessly with digital ecosystems,” mentioned Sangdae Kim, Head of Kia’s PBV Division. “We anticipate that our enterprise collaboration with Samsung, leveraging its AI B2B answer SmartThings Professional, will lengthen the automobile consumer expertise for our enterprise clients past PBVs into the broader IoT ecosystem. This partnership is predicted to create new alternatives for locating buyer worth.”
Kia will combine Samsung’s IoT platform, ‘SmartThings Professional’, into its PBVs, enabling wi-fi management of linked gadgets and applied sciences via a ‘Plug & Play’ service. This answer permits enterprise clients to combine and handle IoT-enabled home equipment with out advanced installations, just by attaching a sensible connector.
“By integrating SmartThings Professional into Kia PBV, we plan to current an clever new means for companies to be linked to their clients,” mentioned Chanwoo Park, Government Vice President of B2B Built-in Providing Heart at Samsung Electronics. “We are going to present an optimized built-in retailer administration expertise primarily based on custom-made options to cater for a spread of B2B clients together with the self-employed and small enterprise homeowners.”
Connectivity between PBVs and enterprise environments
By integrating SmartThings Professional into its PBVs, Kia is enabling automated connectivity between autos and enterprise areas. This integration permits B2B clients to configure enterprise routines, activating the suitable routine primarily based on the vacation spot entered within the PBV’s ‘In-Automobile Infotainment’ (IVI). This permits for seamless and safe administration and monitoring of exterior enterprise operations, even whereas on the street.
As an illustration, when small bakery homeowners set a close-by wholesale market because the vacation spot, the pre-programmed enterprise routine will activate an ‘Ingredient Buy Mode’, and the automobile’s inside refrigeration system can be robotically adjusted to make sure the elements stay recent through the journey.
As soon as the elements are bought and the shop is ready because the vacation spot, ‘Commute Mode’ will activate. This permits the homeowners to organize the shop earlier than arriving by turning on the air-conditioning, signage, and different gear. They will additionally obtain a job record intelligently, similar to checking stock and changing filters, enabling them to organize the shop for operation with out employees.
After enterprise hours, they will activate a ‘Closing Mode’, which ensures that the shop’s gadgets are powered off, energy-saving measures are utilized, and safety administration is taken care of robotically. They can even obtain real-time notifications via IVI whereas driving if uncommon exercise is detected or if upkeep is required, similar to within the case of gadget malfunctions.
Additional examples of the expertise’s performance embrace an ‘Unmanned Operation Mode’, which hospitality venues can use to remotely deal with check-ins and check-outs, unlock room doorways, management gadgets, and optimize local weather management settings. Even whereas driving, homeowners can monitor the inside and exterior of the rooms via IVI and examine visitor reservation data to carry out distant check-ins and check-outs.
SmartThings Professional will make the most of AI-driven sample recognition to suggest and refine automated enterprise routines, whereas PBV homeowners will be capable to monitor and management these options straight via the automobile’s infotainment system, or via a pill gadget.
Increasing PBV enterprise options for international B2B clients
Alongside SmartThings Professional integration, Kia and Samsung plan to develop specialised IoT options tailor-made to the distinctive wants of PBV enterprise clients throughout numerous industries.
The 2 firms will first launch pilot providers for small enterprise homeowners and self-employed clients as a part of this partnership. Shifting ahead, they may work on creating IoT product traces particularly for PBVs and bundled options tailor-made to the wants of B2B purchasers. In addition they goal to create new enterprise fashions and lengthen their providers to B2B clients globally.
This broader integration of expertise, pushed by the partnership between the 2 firms, will allow a seamless service that connects mobility, expertise and enterprise. The collaboration reaffirms Korea’s sturdy status for good expertise and Kia’s dedication to creating smarter, extra environment friendly mobility options.
