Children at the ‘Seoul Mobility Show 1’ hosted by the Seoul Mobility Show Organizing Committee (Chairman Gangnam Hoon and Chairman of the Korea Automobile Industry Association), held from April 1th (Sunday) in Halls 5 to 4 of KINTEX Exhibition Hall 9 in Ilsan. There are various experience programs that captivate the five senses and educational contents for children.
First, Kia sets up a family communication zone within the booth and runs a special activity event. The events include ‘Design Your Kia’, where you can print sticker photos by combining Kia vehicles and Kakao Friends characters, ‘PBV Quiz’ to learn about purpose-based mobility (PBV), and quizzes by scanning QR codes. It consists of four activity missions: ’10 Must Have Sustainable Items’ and ‘Visit the Kia EV9 Island Exhibition Hall’, where you can experience the design philosophy and innovation of EV9. When the 4 missions are completed, you can tag your wristband at the information desk and receive a coin for exchanging prizes. In addition, the ‘Drive Your Kia’ program, which allows you to experience the driving environment of the EV4 virtually, is also in operation.
Next, KG Mobility arouses the interest of children through the ‘PLAY THE WILD ROAD’ event, where they can run off-road by directly controlling the Torres EVX, which was unveiled for the first time in the world, with an RC car. In the Play the Wild Road program, you can directly experience the powerful off-road performance of the Torres EVX by driving an RC car in an off-road mini-ground.
Hyundai Motor Company operates a robot transformation experience program with Tobot. Age ranges from 36 months to 13 years old and lasts for 30 minutes. Reservations can be made at the Kids Zone information desk in the Hyundai Motor Company booth, and operating hours are from 11:4 a.m. to 5:XNUMX p.m. on weekdays and until XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. on weekends. In addition, Hyundai Motor Company prepared a separate ‘Mobility House’, a robotics demonstration space inside the booth, and displayed ▲Automatic electric car charging robot ▲Delivery robot ▲Personal mobility ▲MobED ▲SPOT (Spot) to show off its excellent robot technology. .
BMW prepared a program for children. In the ‘BMW Korea Future Foundation’ corner located inside the booth, a program was prepared for elementary school students visiting the site to make their own cars using eco-friendly car kits. In addition, if you take a photo at the photo kiosk and post it on SNS with a designated hashtag, you can decorate and print your own photo. In addition, various events such as BMW M mania rhythm game and donation event are prepared.
Hyundai Mobis is holding the ‘Junior Engineering Class’, which is consistently operated at the Seoul Mobility Show, this year as well. This program, where you can learn about mobility operation principles and engineering technology in an easy and fun way through kit experience, is open to elementary school 3rd graders or older. open from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) operates a ‘Metabus-based integrated transportation operation management platform (mOS)’ experience program developed by Cho Chun-shik Mobility Graduate School. If you wear a VR device, you can directly experience the interaction between ordinary vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and pedestrians as a vehicle driver, self-driving passenger, or pedestrian in the metabus environment set at the KAIST Munji Campus.
As such, various future mobility booths such as purpose-based vehicles (PBV), self-driving, and robotics as well as finished vehicle companies have experience programs, and group viewings by middle and high school students are also actively taking place.
Meanwhile, the Seoul Mobility Show is the only mobility exhibition in Korea accredited by OICA and is held every two years since 1995. The organizer, the Seoul Mobility Show Organizing Committee, is composed of the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA), the Korea Automobile Importers Association (KAIDA), and the Korea Automobile Industry Cooperative Association (KAICA). 2 companies and institutions from 2023 countries around the world participated in the 12 Seoul Mobility Show, and viewing hours are from 163:10 am to 5:10 pm on weekdays and from 6:XNUMX am to XNUMX:XNUMX pm on weekends.