Rideflux First Operation in June Expectation to eliminate logistical blind spots at night Expected to expand to Jeonju, Gangneung, and Daegu within this year The era of paid cargo transportation based on "autonomous driving trucks" that will change the game of the domestic logistics industry has come to an end. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 16th that it has approved a paid cargo transport service using autonomous vehicles for the first time in Korea to promote the commercialization of autonomous driving technology. Ride Flux passed the approval evaluation. Ride Flux will start a delivery service using self-driving trucks at a 112 kilometer section linking the southeastern Seoul logistics complex with the Jincheon Mega Hub terminal from June. The section is a highway pilot zone. The vehicle can travel at a maximum speed of 90 km/h. The operation takes place three times a week on weekdays, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day. Initially, it is operated with the test driver in the driver's seat for safety. The government plans to gradually increase the level of autonomous driving in the future and switch to an unmanned transportation system. It plans to start at the driver's seat boarding stage and go through passenger seat boarding from 2027 to completely unmanned. The service will be expanded to major regions across the country, including Jeonju, Gangneung, and Daegu, within this year. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is working with local governments and logistics companies to introduce additional routes. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport believes that with this permission, autonomous driving technology will enter the commercialization phase of cargo transportation beyond passenger transportation. "Autonomous driving technology will make a big leap forward for commercialization in the cargo transportation sector this year," said Park Joon-hyung,