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The World Smart City Expo (WSCE) 2024 is taking place this week, September 3–5, 2024 at KINTEX in Korea. Known as the largest Smart City-related technology exhibition in Asia, more than 20000 visitors from 60 countries and 200 cities gather together to discuss concepts and solutions for the world of tomorrow – a Smart City. We’ve heard a concept like this before from the Hyundai Motor Group (HMG). Back in 2022, during the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show, HMG proposed its first Smart City Concept.
A Smart City is a new take on city infrastructure that doesn’t just benefit people but also the planet. Described as a city type where people can stroll amidst abundant greenery, there’s a harmony that can be found between city living and nature. For their exhibit, HMG has a 900-square-meter hall with all kinds of concepts where visitors can get a glimpse of its smart city vision. HMG broke it down into three categories: Transportation, Logistics and Robotics, and Energy and Infrastructure.
The Transportation category is all about personal mobility and making it possible for everyone, able-bodied or not, can travel and get around. This ranges from a massive public transportation system, a SPACE-Mobility public system designed to optimize space and provide customized seats for a variety of conditions, including wheelchairs, micro-mobility devices, pets, etc. to a personal mobility platform called DICE (Digital Curated Experience) that can provide consumers with customized services curated by artificial intelligence (AI) through a three-sided display like VR. The most outrageous bit would be the S-A2 next-generation airframe for personal urban air mobility by Supernal, the HMG subsidiary responsible for its advanced air mobility (AAM) projects.
Logistics and Robotics is more about purpose-built vehicles, now called “Platform-Beyond Vehicles” (PBVs) and designed by Kia, also previously called “Platform-Based Vehicles”. This wouldn’t be the first mention of PBVs by HMG or Kia. The Kia Corp launched the E-FOREST PBV production facility in 2022 and revealed the first test PBV, the Niro Plus robotaxi in the same year. “Platform-Beyond Vehicles” uses EasySwap technology to give every vehicle the ability to turn into an office, luxury limousine, camper, etc. In January 2024, Kia entered into a partnership with Uber to test its PV5 PBV, because of course, PBVs can also be turned into vehicles customized for ride-hailing. The PBV during the exhibit was the CityPod, an unmanned, large logistics mobility device that can be used for public transportation, waste transportation, hydrogen energy transportation, and industrial raw materials transportation.
This part of the exhibit also placed a focus on robotics. HMG deployed the first smart building in Seoul, Korea, utilizing the DAL-e Delivery Robot, Smart Parking Control System and Automatic Charging Robot (ACR), and a Parking Robot that was also on display during the exhibit. The latter is able to move in any direction and park vehicles virtually anywhere.
As for Energy and Infrastructure, there was an infographic with information on the design of a Smart City, including its power source – hydrogen. It also illustrated HMG plans to build a smart city platform that connects mobility solutions to infrastructure. It’s all about HMG’s vision for a smart city that can find the balance between urban environments and natural habitats.
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