■ Built the Jeju Smart Grid Test Bed in the wake of the Korea Environment Corporation project
■ LS Cable develops a charger for low-speed electric vehicle to be installed in subway stations
■ LS Industrial Systems rolls out aggressive marketing campaigns for public institutions and local governments
■ Countries like the US and the UK are aggressively building the charging infrastructure
In the age of electric vehicle LS Cable (CEO & Chairman Christopher Koo) and LS Industrial Systems (Vice chairman & CEO Ja-Kyun, Koo) were the quickest to respond to the trends in the market and established themselves as market leaders by building the charging infrastructure.
On October 20 LS Cable and LS Industrial Systems announced that, after completing the Korea Environment Corporation’s charging infrastructure for high-speed electric vehicle for the first time in Korea, they installed a total of 12 additional chargers, i.e. 5 quick chargers in the Jeju Smart Grid Test Bed (2 at Hyundai Oil Bank gas stations, and one each at the Jeju International Airport, Lotte Mart and Seongsan Ilchulbong) and 7 slow chargers (3 at Lotte Mart, and one each at the Jeju International Airport, Seongsan Ilchulbong, the Smart Grid Information Center and Haengwon-ri). These chargers take 20 minutes for quick charging and 6 hours for slow charging, and enable electric vehicle to run 140km (Hyundai Motors’ BlueOn). As these projects have been completed, LS Cable and LS Industrial Systems are regarded as being a step ahead of their competitors who are preparing to advance into the same business.
KEPCO, LS Cable and LS Industrial Systems formed a consortium to carry out this project. If the Environment Corporation’s project focused on establishing electric car and charging infrastructure distribution and support policies by securing expertise based on testing in the metropolitan area, this project intended to develop and test a differentiated business model, a best charging system, and various charging methods.
In other words, experts believe that this project will enable them to gain expertise of the details necessary for operating the charging infrastructure after the introduction of electric vehicle, such as charging fee payment methods, provision of supplementary services, enhancement of charging capacity and efficiency, and shortening of charging time. In particular, it is highly likely that LS Cable and LS Industrial Systems will occupy an advantageous position in the market on the basis of the expertise it gained from this project, ranging from product development through construction and OS development to actual operations of the infrastructure.
LS becomes a leader in electric vehicle with its charging infrastructure
2010-10-20LS Cable implements Korea’s first high-speed electric vehicle charging infrastructure
2010-10-12LS Cable’s President Jong-Ho Son receives Korea Quality Management Award
2010-09-28LSIS takes part in world’s largest auto part exhibition
2010-09-17LSIS breaks ground to build Korea’s first HVDC production base
2010-09-14