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South Korea's Jeju Island launched a self-driving car service, which will be free until the end of next year.

Shulou Source: shulou.com Published: 2023-11-24 11:36:15 10月01日 Update

Thank CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of vegetable clues! According to the news of CTOnews.com on November 6, CCTV reported that according to the arrangement of South Korea's Ministry of Land and Transportation, self-driving car service is scheduled to start operation on South Korea's Jeju Island on November 3, connecting airports, tourist attractions and hotels, and will be provided free of charge to local residents and tourists until 2023.

Officially, it has partnered with start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises on mobile services based on autopilot. The three self-driving cars will operate from 10:30 to 06:30 on weekdays. The service will be free until the end of next year.

According to reports, from the 3rd, the local coastal roads and Chinese tourist areas in Jeju will be available to anyone to use the "delay autonomous vehicle" service.

CTOnews.com learned that South Korea's Ministry of Land and Transport held a public bid in May for the "self-driving travel service demonstration project" to increase public acceptance of self-driving car services. In addition to operator Ride Flux, IT Telecom, Guangming DeliC, KAIST and Jeju Research Institute are also involved.

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The last mile of the Chinese tourism park will run on coastal roads (a total length of 16 kilometers), such as' Yongduam-Iho Tewoo Beach' 'and the Chinese Tourism Park (5 miles) near Jeju International Airport.

Each car will have a professionally trained security manager sitting in the driver's seat, and users can book and call the vehicle through the service link and QR code on the operator's Rideflux website.

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