Hyundai is working on a Star Wars-style ”walking vehicle”

South Korea’s Hyundai has opened a research center in the United States that will develop a vehicle directly inspired by the Star Wars universe.

The new research center called New Horizon Studio is located in Montana. Its objective is to create a UMV, or Ultimate Mobility Vehicles. This ultimate vehicle will have “legs” and wheels allowing it to face all types of terrain.

The first images of the prototype are reminiscent of the famous Walkers from the Star Wars film series created by George Lucas and used by theGalactic Empire.

The idea of the car manufacturer Hyundai had been presented for the first time at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2019. This time, the brand actually wants to produce a working prototype.

It is hard to see where aUMV will be used on Earth, on the other hand, it could be interesting to carry this kind of vehicle on the Moon with the Artemis missions or even on future trips to Mars.

Hyundai has not indicated when and if the UMV will ever be produced, let alone what its price would be.