Seoul Taxi Association to Hold Robo-Taxi Policy Seminar on the 10th, Discussing Technology and Operations Cooperation
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The Seoul Metropolitan Private Taxi Transport Business Association will hold a policy seminar on September 10 in the main conference room of the Seoul Transportation Center under the theme, "Who Moves Robo-Taxis?"
Against the backdrop of planned revisions to autonomous driving-related laws in the second half of the year and the demonstration of unmanned robo-taxis in Seoul, the seminar will view robo-taxis as an operation industry and discuss practical operating elements such as vehicle management, charging, maintenance, and on-site response.
Participants will include officials from the Mobility & Platform Association, the Korea Legislation Research Institute, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, SWM.ai, Hansung University, Tmoney Mobility, SmartRide, and private taxi companies, while ways for the existing taxi industry and autonomous driving technology companies to cooperate will also be explored.
The Seoul Metropolitan Private Taxi Transport Business Association will hold a policy seminar on September 10 in the main conference room of the Seoul Transportation Center. The seminar will be held under the theme, "Who Moves Robo-Taxis?"
The seminar comes against the backdrop of planned revisions to autonomous driving-related laws in the second half of the year and the demonstration of unmanned robo-taxis in Seoul. It is intended as a forum to discuss ways to build a sustainable ecosystem for the robo-taxi industry.
The seminar will view robo-taxis not as an industry centered on autonomous driving technology, but as an Operation industry. Based on that perspective, it will focus discussions on practical operating elements such as vehicle management, charging, maintenance, and on-site response.
It will also explore ways for autonomous driving technology companies and the existing taxi industry to cooperate. Participants will include officials from the Mobility & Platform Association, the Korea Legislation Research Institute, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, SWM.ai, Hansung University, Tmoney Mobility, SmartRide, and private taxi companies.
The Seoul Metropolitan Private Taxi Transport Business Association plans to present the possibility of autonomous driving technology replacing driving as a key agenda item at the seminar. However, the seminar will focus on the point that even if autonomous driving replaces driving itself, a separate fleet operations system is still needed to run an actual robo-taxi service. Elements of such a fleet operations system include depot management, charging, vehicle maintenance, safety management, and on-site response.
Accordingly, the seminar is expected to discuss ways to link the assets held by the existing private taxi industry with the robo-taxi industry. Assets held by the existing private taxi industry include licenses, depots, maintenance infrastructure, safety management infrastructure, and related personnel.
SWM.ai has been named as a participating entity in the autonomous driving technology sector. SWM.ai plans to present a win-win strategy with the existing taxi industry to help the robo-taxi market take root. The discussion will be based on the company's experience in commercializing autonomous driving technology, and role sharing and possible cooperation with the actual transportation service operators will be a key topic.
The seminar will also discuss the transition process facing the existing taxi industry as autonomous driving technology advances. In addition, it will cover balancing interests in the licensing-based institutionalization and industrial transition process, data safety governance, and related policy tasks.
The Seoul Metropolitan Private Taxi Transport Business Association plans to continue follow-up discussions starting with this seminar. The follow-up discussions will involve participating institutions and companies, and the association plans to review ways to build a cooperation framework in which both the robo-taxi industry and the existing transportation sector can participate together.
An association official explained that, in addition to autonomous driving technology, the completion of the robo-taxi industry requires infrastructure and systems for stable vehicle operations. The official added that the seminar is expected to provide an opportunity to discuss a sustainable cooperation model beyond the confrontation between technology companies and the taxi industry.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Kyung-joo
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