Kakao Mobility said on the 12th that it held a forum jointly with lawmaker Chung Joon-ho titled "AI Autonomous Driving pilot city, from technology to service."
On the 11th at the National Assembly Members' Office Building, the forum was organized to discuss ways to successfully advance Gwangju's Autonomous Driving pilot city. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recently designated all of Gwangju Metropolitan City as an Autonomous Driving vehicle pilot operation zone and said it would select participating companies by April this year and deploy about 200 AI Autonomous Driving vehicles starting in the second half.
Attending the event were lawmaker Chung Joon-ho; Ryu Geung-seon, CEO of Kakao Mobility; and Lim Wol-si, head of the Autonomous Driving Policy Division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Choi Jun-won, a professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University, gave a presentation on global Autonomous Driving technology and industry trends and the conditions for transitioning from piloting to commercialization. Then Kim Gun-woo, head of Kakao Mobility's Future Platform Economy Research Institute, presented the operating direction of platform-based Autonomous Driving services and tasks for regulatory improvement.
In the general discussion, Lee Dong-min, senior vice president of the Korean Society of Transportation, served as moderator, and officials from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Gwangju Future Automotive and Mobility Promotion Institute, Hyundai Motor Group, and Nvidia Korea discussed strategies for advancing the pilot city.
Chung said, "For Autonomous Driving technology to take root as an everyday service for citizens, the role of pilot cities is important," adding, "The National Assembly, the government, and corporations will continue policy support as one team."
Ryu said, "Based on real-time road data and platform operation know-how, we are working to build an end-to-end Autonomous Driving commercialization pipeline," adding, "We will serve as a hub for the Autonomous Driving ecosystem."
Kim explained, "We can establish a sustainable service operation model that encompasses platforms, integrated control, and safety systems," adding, "We will strengthen our ability to respond to edge cases based on the data and service piloting experience we have accumulated."
Kakao Mobility has recently joined the AI future car M.AX Alliance and created a new physical AI division, accelerating the advancement of Autonomous Driving technology.