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Card-free EV charging market opens as automakers and operators vie for early lead

A pilot rollout of plug-and-charge at public fast chargers at highway rest stops is set to begin in September, sharpening competition between automakers and charging operators for EV customers. The system enables automatic authentication, charging and payment without membership or credit cards, using digital certificates and encryption keys. As authentication is unified under a government system, membership card models lose ground and companies are expected to compete using vehicle features and charging-station operations.

AI & Enterprise

Kakao Impact Foundation holds climate tech summit to launch Korea Climate Week in 2027

Kakao Impact Foundation brought together experts in climate tech, AI and energy and moved to expand cooperation among the private sector, government and academia. It held the Climate Tech Startup Summit in Jeju from Sept. 10 to 12 with about 150 participants from startups, investors, government bodies, companies and academia. The foundation and 10 other organisations also unveiled plans to launch Korea Climate Week, targeting its first event in September 2027.

Industry

SMR special act, enforcement decree take effect; public-private commercialisation begins

South Korea has put in place an institutional framework to support small modular reactor (SMR) development from research and development through demonstration and commercialisation at the government-wide level. The Ministry of Science and ICT said the SMR special act and its enforcement decree take effect from Sept. 11. The law sets out support for R&D and demonstration and aims to link outcomes to commercialisation and industry. A public-private committee and planning system will be established, along with support for private-led projects and R&D zones.