(Bloomberg) -- Hyundai Motor Co. is considering developing itsown computer chips and sensors used in autonomous driving to gainfuller control over components seen as being crucial to futuredevelopment of cars.

South Korea’s largest carmaker currently buys parts forautonomous driving-related technologies from affiliates and othersuppliers, Kim Dae Sung, director at the automaker’s automotivecontrol system development group, said at a forum in Seoul onTuesday, without naming the companies.

Hyundai Motor expects fully self-driving cars to be available in2030 and has completed the development of technology for partialautomation, he said. The company is currently in the developmentphase of cars with a high degree of automation, he said.

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Most major carmakers are working on autonomous driving andrelated technologies that help improve safety, from keeping cars inlanes to avoiding collisions with the use of radar sensors. Theaverage car had $333 worth of chip content as of 2014, an increaseof 11% in the past four years, according to BloombergIntelligence.

Hyundai’s biggest car parts supplier is affiliate Hyundai MobisCo.

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