- Kia and Samsung collaborate to reinforce 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 automobiles and enterprise environments
- The ‘Plug & Play’ enterprise mannequin will enable small enterprise homeowners to shortly and flexibly customise their PBVs to go well with their particular wants
- Kia and Samsung plan to discover new IoT options and world growth, constructing on Korea’s popularity for sensible 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 corporations signed a Memorandum of Understanding throughout Kia’s 2025 EV Day in Spain, marking a major step towards redefining each the ‘In-Car’ and ‘Out-of-Car’ 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 Middle at Samsung Electronics.
The collaboration aligns with Kia’s wider Platform Past Car technique, which seeks to increase the position of PBVs past transportation into personalized enterprise options that may be built-in into broader digital ecosystems.
“Kia PBVs are designed to be extra than simply automobiles, they’re clever enterprise options that join seamlessly with digital ecosystems,” stated Sangdae Kim, Head of Kia’s PBV Division. “We anticipate that our enterprise collaboration with Samsung, leveraging its AI B2B resolution SmartThings Professional, will lengthen the car 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 units and applied sciences by means of a ‘Plug & Play’ service. This resolution permits enterprise clients to combine and handle IoT-enabled home equipment with out complicated installations, just by attaching a wise connector.
“By integrating SmartThings Professional into Kia PBV, we plan to current an clever new approach for companies to be linked to their clients,” stated Chanwoo Park, Government Vice President of B2B Built-in Providing Middle at Samsung Electronics. “We’ll present an optimized built-in retailer administration expertise based mostly on personalized 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 automobiles and enterprise areas. This integration permits B2B clients to configure enterprise routines, activating the suitable routine based mostly on the vacation spot entered within the PBV’s ‘In-Car Infotainment’ (IVI). This enables for seamless and safe administration and monitoring of exterior enterprise operations, even whereas on the highway.
For example, 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 car’s inside refrigeration system can be mechanically adjusted to make sure the substances stay contemporary throughout the journey.
As soon as the substances are bought and the shop is ready because the vacation spot, ‘Commute Mode’ will activate. This enables the homeowners to arrange the shop earlier than arriving by turning on the air-conditioning, signage, and different tools. They’ll additionally obtain a activity record intelligently, equivalent to checking stock and changing filters, enabling them to arrange the shop for operation with out employees.
After enterprise hours, they will activate a ‘Closing Mode’, which ensures that the shop’s units are powered off, energy-saving measures are utilized, and safety administration is taken care of mechanically. They may even obtain real-time notifications by means of IVI whereas driving if uncommon exercise is detected or if upkeep is required, equivalent to within the case of gadget malfunctions.
Additional examples of the expertise’s performance embody an ‘Unmanned Operation Mode’, which hospitality venues can use to remotely deal with check-ins and check-outs, unlock room doorways, management units, and optimize local weather management settings. Even whereas driving, homeowners can monitor the inside and exterior of the rooms by means of IVI and verify 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 of monitor and management these options immediately by means of the car’s infotainment system, or by means of a pill gadget.
Increasing PBV enterprise options for world 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 varied industries.
The 2 corporations will first launch pilot companies for small enterprise homeowners and self-employed clients as a part of this partnership. Shifting ahead, they are going to work on growing IoT product traces particularly for PBVs and bundled options tailor-made to the wants of B2B purchasers. Additionally they goal to create new enterprise fashions and lengthen their companies to B2B clients globally.
This broader integration of expertise, pushed by the partnership between the 2 corporations, will allow a seamless service that connects mobility, expertise and enterprise. The collaboration reaffirms Korea’s robust popularity for sensible expertise and Kia’s dedication to growing smarter, extra environment friendly mobility options.
