SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will distribute a self-driving car simulator that virtually recreates the autonomous driving vehicle test drive zone in the city’s western district of Sangam as open-source software. The virtual world implements a three-dimensional, high-definition map that renders even the slightest details like lane [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker, said Thursday it has invested US$4 million in U.S. radar startup Zendar to develop autonomous driving technologies. Through the stake investment, Hyundai Mobis aims to develop imaging radar optimized for Level 4 autonomous driving technology, the company said in a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The government unveiled a revised road map on improving regulations for self-driving cars Thursday to hasten their commercial adoption starting next year. The road map, confirmed at an interagency government meeting earlier in the day, came as South Korea is expected to see a fast adoption of autonomous driving [...]
GWANGJU, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of high schoolers have been lauded for building a self-driving vehicle that is now being used to carry waste at school. A software club at Gwangdeok High School in the southwestern city of Gwangju, consisting of 18 student members from the 9th to 12th grades, recently built [...]
DAEJEON, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — An unmanned, autonomous shuttle bus without a driver’s seat developed by South Korean researchers is set to begin testing. The state-funded Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI) said Wednesday that AutoVe, an electric vehicle manufactured by a local South Korean firm equipped with its artificial intelligence (AI)-based autonomous driving [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Motional, a joint venture between Hyundai Motor and Aptiv, said Tuesday it has tested self-driving vehicles on public roads in the United States, becoming one of the world’s first companies to achieve Level 4 autonomy. The Boston-based company said it tested multiple autonomous vehicles with and without a safety [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will inject 1.1 trillion won (US$999 million) into projects to develop autonomous driving technologies and establish related infrastructure by 2027, government officials said Thursday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy; the Ministry of Science and ICT; the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; and the Korean [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility, the transportation arm the country’s dominant mobile messenger operator, Kakao, plans to introduce an autonomous driving program for commercial use. The company said Sunday it will work with Autonomous a2z Co., a self-driving solution developer, to introduce an autonomous driving service in the government complex area in [...]
PADERBORN, Germany, and QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – dSPACE, one of the world’s leading providers of simulation and validation solutions, and LeddarTech®, a leader in Level 1 to 5 ADAS and AD sensing technology, have entered into a partnership to jointly drive forward the development of LiDAR technologies for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) [...]
PADERBORN, Germany, and QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – dSPACE and LeddarTech®, a leader in level 1-5 ADAS and AD sensing technology, have entered into a partnership to jointly drive forward the development of lidar technologies for autonomous driving. The close cooperation will enable dSPACE and LeddarTech to provide high-precision simulation models and interfaces for lidar [...]