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| Vehicles are displayed at the 2021 Seoul Mobility Show held at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Nov. 25, 2021. Korea Times file |
By Kim Hyun-bin
The 2023 Seoul Mobility Show, the largest car exhibition in Korea, will be held at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, for 10 days from March 31, with more than 160 companies taking part.
The Seoul Mobility Show Organizing Committee held a press conference at the Automobile Center in Seoul and disclosed the main events for the exhibition, Thursday.
"At this Seoul Mobility Show, various products and technologies from the entire industrial ecosystem, such as hardware mobility, software mobility and mobility services, covering land, sea and air, will be exhibited," Kang Nam-hoon, chairman of the organizing committee, said. "I hope that the Seoul Mobility Show will serve as an opportunity for the development of Korea's mobility industry as well as related industries."
The Seoul Mobility Show, held every two years, is the only international exhibition in Korea accredited by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles (OICA). This year, the size of the exhibition space has been doubled compared to the previous event. The number of participants increased by 60 percent.
The event changed its name from Seoul Motor Show to Seoul Mobility Show in 2021 in order to include new mobility technologies such as future cars, robots and mobility as a service (MaaS). The organizer, Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA), is also planning to change its name to Seoul Mobility Industry Association in May for the same purpose.
In the new mobility sector, nine companies including SKT and V-Space will participate, while in the carmaker sector, 23 companies including 12 finished car brands such as Hyundai Motor, Kia, Renault Korea Motors, BMW and Mercedes-Benz will take part.
SsangYong Motor, which will change its name to KG Mobility, plans to unveil the Torres EVX electric SUV. Kia's EV9 electric SUV will also be exhibited.
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