GS Caltex to Showcase Future Gas Station at World Smart City Expo

Participation in Ilsan KINTEX 'World Smart City Expo'
Establishing a 'Smart Hub' Linking Jeju Island with Eco-friendly Energy and Mobility

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] GS Caltex, together with Jeju Island, is unveiling a future-oriented gas station that links eco-friendly energy and shared mobility.

GS Caltex announced on the 7th that it will participate in the 'World Smart City Expo,' held from September 8 to 10 for three days at KINTEX in Ilsan, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, with the theme of future gas stations in collaboration with Jeju Island.

This exhibition hall features GS Caltex's future gas station concept, the ‘Energy Plus Hub,’ incorporating eco-friendly energy and shared mobility, which form the foundation of smart cities. Upon entering the exhibition hall shaped like a gas station canopy, visitors can see how the gas station serves as a hub for eco-friendly mobility by using electricity generated from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power to charge and rent/return shared mobility devices like electric cars, bicycles, and kickboards.

A GS Caltex official stated, "This expo provided a great opportunity to effectively showcase the future vision and appearance of GS Caltex gas stations," adding, "We will continue to actively collaborate with Jeju Island to develop smart cities, including future gas stations."

Meanwhile, GS Caltex is participating with Jeju Island in the 'Smart City Challenge Project' led by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The Smart City Challenge Project fosters and supports new businesses to implement comprehensive solutions for urban smartification by utilizing creative ideas from local governments and private companies.

As part of this project, GS Caltex and Jeju Island formed a consortium with 15 companies, including ICT solution specialist City Labs, and were selected for the preliminary project in May last year and the main project in March this year. Currently, they are promoting the 'Smart Hub' project, which links eco-friendly energy and green mobility sharing services optimized for smart city environments at gas stations, supermarkets, convenience stores, and more.

The Smart Hub project also involves the Stanford University research center (SCIGC) from the United States as a research partner, collaborating to create the future gas station concept using the 'Design Thinking' methodology.

Earlier, in June, GS Caltex operated an exhibition booth promoting its future gas station at the ‘Seoul Smart Mobility Expo’ held at the Seoul Oil Tank Culture Park. The exhibition showcased GS Caltex’s past, present, and future, including mobility infrastructure such as electric and hydrogen vehicle charging and the Energy Plus Hub, which combines life services like drone delivery.

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