Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Holds 'Korea-US Automotive Safety Cooperation Meeting' with US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 5th that it will hold the "8th Korea-US Automotive Safety Cooperation Meeting" from the 6th to the 7th, chaired by the Director of the Automobile Policy Division, with the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The Korea-US Automotive Safety Cooperation Meeting is a forum to discuss cooperation in automotive safety areas such as technical regulation development and revision, recalls, and new car assessments. This meeting is being held for the first time in eight years since the meeting held in Washington, USA, in 2014.
Through this meeting, both Korea and the US plan to discuss future automotive policy issues arising from the remarkable developments in the automotive sector over the past eight years, including the expansion of electric vehicle adoption and advancements in autonomous driving technology.
On the first day, in Part 1, Korea will present its "Future Vehicle Safety Management Plan," and the US will introduce NHTSA's general status, the US automotive safety standards system, and post-management measures (manufacturing defects and recalls).
In Part 2, Korea will introduce institutional efforts for autonomous vehicle technology development and the current status of infrastructure construction for C-ITS demonstration and commercialization.
Both countries plan to share improvement plans for evaluation criteria, such as expanding evaluation items and weighting for advanced safety devices in the new car assessment system, considering the continuous advancement of automobiles. The New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) conducts tests at levels higher than legal standards and publicly discloses evaluation results to encourage manufacturers' voluntary investment.
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In Part 3, under the theme of "Automobile Manufacturing Defects and Recall Status," they will share new types of defects and recall patterns arising from the increase in electric vehicles and advanced safety devices. In Part 4, they plan to discuss future mutual cooperation measures between Korea and the US, including joint cooperation to establish international standards to strengthen the safety of electric and hydrogen vehicles and sharing investigation techniques for clear identification of manufacturing defects.
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