​Kim Eui-jung, CEO of Wiplo (from left), and Seo Sang-kyun, head of Socar's mobile experience group, signed a business agreement and are taking commemorative photos. Courtesy of Wiplo​

Wiplo, a company specializing in future mobility artificial intelligence (AI), announced on the 12th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Socar to upgrade vehicle inspection and management technology.

Through this agreement, ▲ demonstration for the advancement of vehicle inspection and management technology ▲ Increasing the operational efficiency of car-sharing services through systematic and quantitative data management ▲ mutual cooperation will be made to commercialize and commercialize related technologies.

Through AI, Wiplo is developing a solution that checks mobility conditions such as drones, air taxis, and electric vehicles within seconds, determines whether there is a failure and predicts aging parts based on accumulated data. With this agreement, Wiplo plans to actively expand its business area to the vehicle inspection field in addition to developing future AAM air mobility (AAM) air condition inspection solutions.

"The importance of introducing an efficient and systematic vehicle inspection system is increasing day by day in the highly competitive car sharing market," said Seok Min-jin, Chief Business Officer (CBO) of Wiplo. "We will continue research and development to commercialize AI technology in the vehicle inspection field through cooperation with Socar."

"Soka is already deciding whether to repair photos taken by customers through AI's judgment," said Seo Sang-kyun, head of Socar's mobile experience group. "It is meaningful that we have achieved efficiency until the stage of automatically taking damaged photos without customer intervention through cooperation with Wiplo."