GS Caltex to Showcase Drone Delivery and Future Gas Stations at CES

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Soyeon] GS Caltex is participating in 'CES 2021,' the world's largest IT and electronics exhibition, with themes of drone delivery and future gas stations. This is GS Caltex's first time participating in CES.

CES 2021, held from the 11th to the 14th local time in the United States, will be conducted online for the first time since its inception in 1967 due to the spread of COVID-19.

Participating companies will explain new technologies and business models through videos and network with global companies via online meetings.

At CES 2021, GS Caltex will showcase the future gas station concept, including drone delivery based at gas stations, through three videos.

GS Caltex produced the videos in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, and submitted them to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which organizes CES, on the 5th.

First, the 'Drone Logistics Demonstration Project' video features GS Caltex's drone delivery demonstrations conducted jointly with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute.

In June last year, GS Caltex held a drone delivery demonstration event for convenience store products at Musucheon Gas Station in Jeju Island, and in October, it held a demonstration combining drones and robots for convenience store product delivery at Soho Gas Station and Jangdo in Yeosu.

The 'Drone Logistics Business Model for Island Areas' video depicts scenes of delivering food by drone to an elementary school located on Geumodo, a remote island from the mainland of Yeosu.

Once the technology to deliver by drone to remote island areas far from the mainland is secured, GS Caltex aims to show global companies that drone delivery is a future growth business opportunity, considering Korea's characteristic of having many islands.

The final video, 'Future Gas Station,' was filmed at the newly opened future gas station 'Energy Plus Hub Sambang' in Seocho-gu, Seoul, last November, and the future gas station concept was realized through graphic work.

This video shows how gas stations are being utilized as hubs for various mobility and logistics services such as electric and hydrogen vehicle charging, car sharing, micro-mobility, and drone delivery, and envisions future uses such as drone storage, charging, maintenance, and drone taxi hubs.

GS Caltex plans to seek global partnership opportunities by introducing future gas stations, including gas station-based drone delivery businesses, through networking with global companies at CES 2021. Additionally, it will continue collaboration with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Jeju Province, and Yeosu City, which have been partners in the gas station-based drone delivery project.

A GS Caltex official stated, "The videos submitted to CES 2021 contain GS Caltex's vision of the future of gas stations," adding, "We will continuously explore various business opportunities without limiting the business areas of future gas stations."

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