SOCAR said on the 27th that on the 24th, Governor Wi Seong-gon of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Lee So-young visited the "SOCAR Terminal" near Jeju Airport and discussed ways to build a city specialized in future mobility. The SOCAR Terminal is an offline hub of about 2,400 pyeong (7,898 square meters) that opened in Dec. last year. Inside the three-story building are amenities such as a waiting room for car-sharing service users and a work lounge, as well as an automatic car wash system, a maintenance shop, 15 bidirectional chargers for a V2G demonstration project, and dedicated parking spaces. At the event, SOCAR and Apex Mobility CEO Park Jae-uk presented to Governor Wi and Rep. Lee plans to develop Jeju into a base for Autonomous Driving technology. In his presentation, Park added, "Jeju Special Self-Governing Province has a unique demonstration environment where the needs of residents and tourists overlap, so if we foster the Autonomous Driving industry through open institutional design, we can achieve all three goals of reducing carbon emissions, solving mobility challenges in areas with poor transportation, and revitalizing tourism." To that end, Park proposed a three-step roadmap of transitioning to electric vehicles, expanding Autonomous Driving car-sharing services, and scaling up Autonomous Driving ride-hailing and robo-buses. The gist is to use incentives to encourage replacing internal combustion engine cars with eco-friendly electric vehicles, and to address problems in areas with poor transportation by using Autonomous Driving car-sharing vehicles, ride-hailing, and robo-buses while also developing them into experiential tourism products. In the discussion, Rep. Lee said, "The expansion of self-driving cars will accelerate the transition to electric vehicles, providing environmental benefits, and it also offers significant social benefits, such as reducing traffic accidents and closing transportation gaps," and noted, "While addressing safety concerns