SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — With car owners continuing to report engine fires on BMW’s 520d model, a number of car parks are banning the vehicle in question. A sign at an automated parking building in Seoul’s Gaepo-dong neighborhood in Gangnam-gu yesterday warned, “BMW vehicles absolutely cannot be parked here.” The building, mainly [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Three new government initiatives will make use of the latest smart devices to help improve the lives of elderly farmers and the disabled. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion, in partnership with the local governments of Andong, Jeonju, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Group’s YouTube video of a Kia Soul EV parking itself went viral among car enthusiasts, accumulating over 200,000 views in less than a day. The video, which was filmed at Hyundai’s research institute in Gyeonggi Province (Uiwang), shows a driver stepping out of a vehicle and using [...]
SEJONG, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MOLIT) announced on July 19 a revised decree regarding parking lot regulations that will go into effect on July 20. The new regulations primarily concern parking spaces around facilities frequently visited by vans and tour buses. Due to a lack of designated [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government will pursue plans to designate three percent of the city’s major public parking lots to electric vehicles (EVs). The plan was brought forth after rising demand for institutional support such as the expansion of charging facilities and other EV-related incentives, amid the increasing prevalence of [...]
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Parkeon, global market leader in parking management solutions, and Waysis have announced a global collaboration agreement. Waysis is owner of the Yellowbrick® trademark, a leading global brand in mobile parking. On October 10 Bertrand Barthelemy (Parkeon CEO) and Paul Staartjes (CEO, Waysis) signed a mobile parking agreement in Amsterdam, [...]