[아이뉴스24 정종오 기자] The government decided to invest a total of 1.1 trillion won by 2027 to establish the basis for commercialization of convergence Lv.4+ autonomous vehicles. Lv.4 refers to autonomous driving that can be operated without switching control rights (car → driver) in a specific section. Lv.4+ is a term expressing the government’s policy will to conduct research and development, including infrastructure and social services, as well as autonomous driving at the level of Lv.4.
Four ministries, including the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Minister Sung Yun-mo), the Ministry of Science and Technology Information and Communication (Minister Ki-young Choi), the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Minister Byun Chang-heum), and the National Police Agency (Chief Kim Chang-ryong) held the launching ceremony of the’Autonomous Driving Technology Development Innovation Project Group’ at the Korea Automobile Center on the 24th. Held.
The Autonomous Driving Technology Development Innovation Project Group (Project Team) was established by the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and the National Police Agency to promote more organically the’Autonomous Driving Technology Development Innovation Project’, which was started in earnest from this year, and to strengthen the commercialization of research results. It is a public interest corporation.
It consists of a total of 17 people, including the head of the project manager, who has been in charge of developing new technologies for autonomous driving in the private sector for a long time. The head of the project manager is Jin-woo Choi, a former PM of Hyundai-Kia Motors (executive manager).
The project team plans to comprehensively plan and manage autonomous driving technology development innovation projects that have been promoted by departments so far, promote commercialization such as dissemination and spread of business results, and focus on the role of bridges between public-private cooperation.
The autonomous driving technology development innovation project will invest a total of 1.97 trillion won from this year to 2027 with the goal of completing the foundation for commercialization of convergence Lv.4+ autonomous driving in 2027.
In this project, a total of 84 detailed tasks will be supported, focusing on five areas, such as ▲ new vehicle convergence technology ▲ new ICT convergence technology ▲ new road traffic convergence technology ▲ service creation ▲ ecosystem construction. This year’s project has already announced a total of 53 new detailed tasks (a total of 851 billion won) on January 15th.
Vice Minister of Industry Park Jin-gyu said, “The government will provide forward-looking support to foster eco-friendly cars and autonomous driving, the two pillars of the future car New Deal, as a key growth engine that will enhance the competitiveness of the Korean automobile industry and lead the preoccupation of the future market.”
Kim Jeong-won, head of the Information and Communication Policy Division of the Ministry of Science and ICT, emphasized, “In order to expand the area in which autonomous vehicles can operate and to increase reliability, sufficient data learning and software advancement on the driving environment in Korea must be supported.”
/ Reporter Jeong Jong-oh ([email protected])
