[THE INVESTOR] Renault Samsung Motors said on Aug. 30 that it has won temporary approval from the Transportation Ministry to test its self-driving cars on the road.
The permission allows the Korean unit of French carmaker Renault to test its autonomous vehicles under development on designated expressways and at test sites.
“This permit would serve as an opportunity for Renault Samsung to develop reasonable and practical autonomous driving technology and would serve to help the early commercialization of the technology,” said Kwon Sang-soon, a company official.
The carmaker has participated in a project spearheaded by the governments of Korea and France to develop autonomous and electric cars since 2016.
Currently, Renault Samsung is in the process of developing the so-called traffic jam assist feature that can be used to drive cars on crowded roads at low speeds.
By Song Seung-hyun and newswires (ssh@heraldcorp.com)