---
title: "Samsung Can Now Test Self-Driving Cars on South Korean Streets"
description: "The tech giant joins almost 20 other companies that the government has approved for testing on public roads."
date: "2017-05-01"
modified: "2017-05-01"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/9828/samsung-can-now-test-self-driving-cars-on-south-korean-streets"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Samsung"
  - "self-driving cars"
  - "South Korea"
---

# Samsung Can Now Test Self-Driving Cars on South Korean Streets

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Tech giant Samsung has been approved by the South Korea Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport to test self-driving cars on the country's public roads, [The Korea Herald reports](<https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170501000464>).

Samsung is working to engineer sensors and other hardware that can be integrated into self-driving cars to help the artificial intelligence in the vehicle's software deal with adverse driving conditions when necessary, according to the report. The vehicle used for testing will be a Hyundai.

"Self-driving cars call for the collaboration of various cutting-edge technologies from the automobile, artificial intelligence and information communication sectors," the ministry said, according to the report. Officials also stated that the government is pushing to make South Korea a place where companies can comfortably their autonomous car technologies so that the industry can grow without heavy restriction.

Samsung announced in 2015 that it would be putting a team together to develop autonomous car components, [according to The Verge](<https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/1/15500134/samsung-approved-test-self-driving-car-south-korea-hyundai>).

The tech giant joins Hyundai and almost 20 other companies that have been approved by the government for testing cars on public roads in South Korea.

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