Seoul, Oct. 15 -- - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that his country aimed to commercialize autonomous driving cars by 2027 and expand the sales proportion of electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles to a third of the total by 2030.

Moon made the remarks at the Namyang R&D Center of the country's biggest carmaker Hyundai Motor in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi province to announce his government's vision to become a world leader in the future car industry.

He said South Korea aimed to become the world's first country to commercialize "fully" autonomous driving vehicles by 2027 by building up necessary infrastructure, such as wireless communication networks between roads and cars, integrated control systems and 3D precision maps, by 20...