Tmap Mobility will cooperate with Incheon and the Korea Automobile Testing and Research Institute to develop AI connected car technology. Tmap Mobility said on Oct. 28 it signed an agreement on cooperation in AI connected car technology development and on building a future AI mobility base in Incheon.

The agreement was set up to bring together industry, academia and government capabilities with Incheon as the base. The goal is to push ahead with the "AI Connected Car Technology Development Innovation Project" and to develop Incheon into a global future AI mobility hub. The signing ceremony was attended by Jungwha Yoo (유정화), a director at Tmap Mobility, Chan-dae Park (박찬대), mayor of Incheon, Jong-wook Jin (진종욱), head of the Korea Automobile Testing and Research Institute, and officials from participating companies.

The institutions will cooperate in three areas. They are joint 대응 to the innovation project and task planning, mutual support for fostering industry development, and creating a key hub for the Cheongna AI connected mobility industry. They agreed to form a working-level consultative body if needed to discuss concrete cooperation measures.

Tmap Mobility will use its navigation service operating experience and large-scale mobility data in the cooperation. The company said it will also provide platform capabilities backed by a large user base. It plans to explore the applicability of related technologies and services with Incheon, the Korea Automobile Testing and Research Institute and participating companies.

Yoo, data business director at Tmap Mobility, said, "It is meaningful to be able to join in creating an AI mobility ecosystem centered on Cheongna." She added, "Based on mobility data accumulated over the past 20 years and service operation experience, we will communicate closely with the partner institutions and contribute to helping Incheon leap forward as a future mobility hub."