WINNERS GALLERY

Q1. What is the background making Daegu the ‘leading electric vehicle city’?

Progressively starting the distribution of eco-friendly vehicles from 2016, Daegu pursues the goal of becoming an eco-city with the fastest rate of increase of electric vehicles in Korea, with over 10,000 new electric vehicles in the past 4 years. Daegu realized diverse achievements, including the top electric vehicle distribution rate (number of electric vehicle to population) among the metropolitan cities, the largest expansion of distribution of public and super-rapid charging stations, and the ‘Exemplary Electric Vehicle City Prize’ (2019) at the International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition due to the 24-hour operation of the charging station control center. Daegu can be recognized as the leading electric vehicle city because of the extensive response from its citizens.

Q2. What kinds of policies are Deagu implementing for supporting

electric vehicle?

The leading countries, including EU and the USA, announced plans to change to eco-friendly vehicles in accordance with the global climate change convention and declared an end to internal combustion engines. The global automotive industry has been rapidly changing.

As vehicle makers in Korea and abroad announced the plan to stop the production of internal combustion engine vehicles and to change to electric vehicles, it is estimated that the future vehicle market, including electric vehicles and autonomous driving vehicles will grow at a fast rate.

It is a golden opportunity for Daegu, with advanced related industries, including robotics, autonomous driving, and SW, to take a great leap. For progressively coping with the changes in the automotive market, Daegu newly established the Futuristic Vehicle Department, an exclusive department for the automotive industry, in 2016, the first among local authorities. Daegu has been promoting future vehicle, such aselectric vehicles and autonomous driving vehicles as the future key industries of Daegu.

Daegu declared the year 2022 as the first year for the paradigm shift to future vehicles, supporting the rapid change to future vehicles and launched the “Total Support Center for the Change to Future Vehicles’.

Q3. What are the effects on enterprises?

Daegu has been leading the growth of enterprises by promoting the industry. In accordance with the substantial devotion to promote the future vehicle industry, including electric vehicles and autonomous driving vehicles, the enterprises per field, including leading companies and startups have grown remarkably. Daegu will expand the support for the development of new technologies related to electric vehicles, quickly responding to the trend as well as accelerating the distribution of eco-friendly vehicles. Furthermore, Daegu will intensively promote the ‘motor’, the core component of electric vehicles, and lead the relevant industries by accelerating the implementation of new technologies for autonomous driving on the basis of the best infrastructure for autonomous driving in Korea.