SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Long-distance freight transport using autonomous vehicles will begin trial operations on highways as part of an initiative to promote self-driving technology, the transport ministry said Monday. The ministry said it designated six new autonomous vehicle test zones, including those on major highways and areas in the cities of Suwon, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Self-driving electric buses similar in size to public city buses deployed as shuttle buses around the former presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, starting Thursday. Hyundai Motor Co.’s Elec City, the carmaker’s first mass-production electric bus, has been renovated into an autonomous bus. The buses will cover a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Thursday they will expand a self-driving ride-hailing pilot service in Seoul’s Gangnam neighborhood as a way to further upgrade their complete self-driving technology. In collaboration with Kakao Mobility Corp., more vehicles will be added to the pilot RoboRide autonomous service, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday began a trial of autonomous driving electric buses in the Cheonggye Stream area. The buses, developed by the autonomous-driving system developer 42dot, come with a panorama glass roof, which covers all the way down the passenger’s waist, to emphasize the openness. The doors [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A vehicle with basic Level 3 self-driving technology will make its first appearance in South Korea in the fourth quarter of this year. Genesis, the luxury brand of Hyundai Motor Co., said it will introduce its Level 3 Highway Driving Pilot (HDP) system on the all-new G90 sedan up [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Self-driving taxis will begin commercial service in test zones for autonomous cars later this year. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Wednesday it had posted the instructions on registering for a self-driving taxi business along with detailed requirements on acquiring relevant approval on its website. Commercial taxi services [...]
SEJONG, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology that allows a self-driving car to park itself in a nearby parking space after passengers disembark will be developed in the administrative city of Sejong. The city signed an agreement with the Korea National University of Transportation on Friday to test drive a new autonomous valet parking [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Thursday it had partnered with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Hyundai Motor Co. to test and verify Level-4 autonomous driving technology in Seoul’s downtown areas. A Level-4 autonomous vehicle means the car can operate almost independently with little intervention or control [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The state postal service Korea Post said Thursday it will commercialize advanced information and communication technology-based self-driving unmanned post collection and delivery service from next year. To realize autonomous delivery service on the basis of new technology such as 5G, big data and AI, the agency has invested about [...]
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 [...]