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From the Ground to the Sky, Unlimited Daegu

Daegu, UAM Model City with the New Airport
  • The first non-capital city selected as the UAM pilot city with the construction of UAM infrastructures
  • Verbal agreements with leading domestic and foreign companies in the UAM sector (October 2022)
    - SKT, Hanwha System, Tmap Mobility, Korea Airports Corporation, Bell Textron, etc.
    - Details of the Agreements: Joint efforts with the authorities to designate UAM pilot cities and foster the UAM ecosystem
  • Preemptive measures to set up regulatory frameworks, including ordinances on UAM pilot programs (by the second half of 2023), and carry out UAM test flights
Establishment of the EV Manufacturing Infrastructure and the Higher Penetration Rates of EVs
  • The top metropolitan city in terms of the EV penetration (As of 2021, the cumulative number of EVs on the road recorded 24,000 units)
  • 100,000 EVs and 9,000 charging points by 2025
  • The first city in Korea that operates a charging-point control tower (real-time monitoring, repair service, customer service, etc.)
  • The first city in the nation that uses locally manufactured automotive parts in demonstration projects of self-driving shuttle buses
  • A supportive ecosystem that covers the overall lifespan of EV manufacturing process from development of technologies to commercialization of products
Self-Driving Test Beds Created Across All Parts of Daegu by 2023
  • Construction of infrastructures that spans from Daegu Technopolis, Daegu national Industrial Park to minor roads nearby (158 km) to build a town-style test bed
  • Application of digital twin technologies to enable demonstration of self-driving technologies even on complicated urban highways
  • The world’s first city to operate self-driving mobility service that incorporates the both passenger and freight transport system (starting November 2022)
    - Dalgubeol autonomous vehicles (8 units of level-4-self-driving car, 3 autonomous delivery robots)
    - Free service from Daegu Technopolis to Daegu national Industrial Park (28.2 km)
  • The completion of the autonomous driving convergence support center (November 2022)
    - Establishment of a full-cycle support system for autonomous driving technology
    - The third floor/ the first basement floor of the R&D zone in the National Industrial Park (Gross floor area: 3,419 ㎡)
The Groundwork for Industrial Development Specialized in Rechargeable Battery (Mobility Circular Park will be built)
  • Project Period:2021~2028
  • Location:The waste management zone in the Dalseong 2ndIndustrial Complex (81,175 ㎡)
  • Project Cost:KRW 182.5 billion
  • Details:9 projects in 3 sectors (building the industrial foundation, R&D, supports for commercialization)
Korea Intelligent Automotive Parts Promotion Institute (KIAPI)
  • Location:201, Gukgasandanseo-ro, Guji-myeon, Dalseong-gun, Daegu
  • Location: 94,565 ㎡ (including Automotive Proving Ground)
  • History:Completion of ITS-based Intelligent Automotive Parts Proving Ground (2014)
  • Total project cost:KRW 97.5 billion (KRW 35.5 billion in state funding, KRW 58.3 billion in municipality funding, KRW 3.7 billion in private funding)
  • Major facilities: 20 test tracks including management building, maintenance building, test building, high-speed circuit, and 15 types of real vehicle testing & evaluation equipment