Gyeongbuk Province, German Duer Co. and 7 Organizations Join Hands to Develop Future Car Inspection System

Participation of Transport Corporation and Gyeyang Precision

Electric Vehicle Performance Inspection Not Possible

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Koo Dae-sun] On the 23rd, Gyeongbuk Province signed a "Future Vehicle Inspection System Development Business Agreement" at the Kimcheon City Hall auditorium with seven organizations including the Korea Transportation Safety Authority, Gyeyang Precision, German companies D?rr Assembly Products and dSPACE, Kimcheon City, and Gyeongbuk Technopark.

Attending the signing ceremony were Kim Chung-seop, Mayor of Kimcheon; Lee Dal-hee, Deputy Governor for Economy of Gyeongbuk Province; Oh Tae-seok, Head of the Korea Transportation Safety Authority; Thomas Kolb, President of D?rr headquarters in Germany; Mirko Breitb?user, Vice President of dSPACE headquarters in Germany; Jung Byung-ki, Chairman of Gyeyang Precision; and Park Sung-duk, Director of Gyeongbuk Technopark, who signed the agreement.

South Korea aims to produce eco-friendly vehicles such as electric cars up to 30% of new domestic car production by 2030, and level 3 (conditional automation) or higher autonomous vehicles are expected to account for more than 50% of new car sales.

Although the domestic and international automobile markets are rapidly transitioning to future vehicles, the current 1,967 domestic vehicle inspection stations only conduct sensory inspections focused on internal combustion engines, ABS inspections, and emission tests during regular inspections, making performance inspections for electric vehicles or vehicles equipped with autonomous driving devices impossible.

Gyeongbuk Province, the Korea Transportation Safety Authority, German company Duer, Gimcheon City, and three other public institutions and companies are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement to develop a future vehicle inspection system.

This agreement was promoted to mutually cooperate in developing an integrated inspection system to prevent traffic accidents caused by malfunctions or failures of future vehicles such as autonomous, hydrogen, and electric vehicles, and to create a safe traffic environment, as well as to establish commercialization and domestic production bases thereafter.

In the development of the future vehicle inspection system, the German company D?rr Assembly Products supports the development of driving simulation equipment that can simulate vehicle driving, and dSPACE is responsible for supporting the development of radar and video simulator equipment that can simulate surrounding road environments.

Gyeyang Precision, located in Kimcheon, plans to develop the integrated inspection system and establish a production base for commercialization, while the Korea Transportation Safety Authority will oversee the overall development of the future vehicle inspection system and promote legislation regarding regular inspection standards and inspection methods.

Gyeongbuk Province will also support with a total budget of 6 billion KRW through the Regional Innovation Cluster project by 2026. Once the integrated inspection system development is completed, it is expected to create a new market worth over 1 trillion KRW domestically and open export opportunities.

Lee Dal-hee, Deputy Governor for Economy of Gyeongbuk Province, said, "The development of future vehicle inspection equipment for the first time in Korea through mutual cooperation between German companies with world-class technology and local automobile parts companies including Gyeyang Precision can be considered a new success model leading the local era in Gyeongbuk Province."

"The Korea Transportation Safety Authority's 'Advanced Vehicle Inspection Research Center' is operating in Kimcheon Innovation City, and the 'Tuning Car Performance and Safety Testing Center' and 'Future Mobility Tuning Industry Support Center' are under construction in Kimcheon 1st General Industrial Complex. It is expected that Gyeongbuk Province will play a pivotal role in the future vehicle materials, parts, and equipment industry sector soon," he added.

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