The first temporary operation permission has been granted to a domestic unmanned automated driving vehicle as a step for developing
full-fledged autonomous driving by gradual verifications; along with the efforts to advance the temporary operation permission for
autonomous vehicles to expand the demonstration of unmanned automated driving vehicles
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT, Minister PARK Sang-woo) grants the Permission for Temporary Operation* for an unmanned automated driving vehicle developed by a domestic startup company on the designated road in order to promote the
advancement of self-driving technology.
* This is to allow a temporary road operation with unregistered vehicles in accordance with the Article 27 of Motor Vehicle Management Act, permitting road operations for autonomous vehicles with the purpose of testing, research, and technology development.
The vehicle that has received the temporary operation permit this time is the first Korea’s unmanned automated driving vehicle for
passengers (maximum speed 50 km/h)*.
* It has been developed into the unmanned automated vehicle by attaching a self-driving system and a LiDAR sensor, etc. to a domestically
produced SUV.
The automated vehicles that had received the temporary operation permission earlier were with a test driver at the driver's seat, or
extremely low-speed (maximum speed of below 10 km/h), or special-purpose ones such as cleaning trucks, etc.
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