Ecobee was developed in 2006 as an advanced version of the UTM-02 to create a vehicle that could be operated by metropolitan city-level local governments.

[1] On December 21, 2006, the Ministry of Construction and Transportation signed an agreement with the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials for a maglev train.

On January 31, 2007, the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials Urban Maglev Train Commercialization Project Group was launched.

[4] It was developed by Hyundai Rotem and the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials using South Korean technology.

Since it is powered by electromagnetic force without wheels, there is almost no noise, vibration, or dust due to friction when running.