Later this week, Volkswagen will unveil a prototype of its Park Assist Vision (PAV) parking system to the public at the Hanover Fair in Germany. The system allows for fully automatic parking and does not even require the driver to be in the car. The system is an evolution of the current Park Assist available as an option in some VW models.
Unlike current systems, with the Lexus parallel parking system as the most easily identifiable in North America, the PAV will park cars in perpendicular spaces as well.
Hardware required for such a feat includes ultrasonic sensors, electro-mechanical steering gear and a 2GHz computer to control it all and calculate the size of the parking space, as per Autocar. All the driver has to do is select an image of a desired — and empty — parking spot on the touchscreen monitor, put the gearbox in P and press a button on the key fob, whether he is in the car or not. Once the system guides the car into the spot, the engine is shut off and doors are locked. A stop button on the key fob stops the process.
VW has not revealed when or if such a system will see production.
04/23, 12:13 PM
posted by:
Rafa LL
If it works VW has just passed to history.
04/23, 12:27 PM
posted by:
LaCaLover
Of course it will work
04/23, 12:28 PM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
So I have to burn gas and wait for some dummass to fumble thru a load of parking spot images to find something that the idiot maybe thinks looks like his situation while she blocks traffic and talks on her cellphone while this idiot and her car slowly park, costing me money and time. LECK MICH AM ARSCH, VW!
04/23, 12:39 PM
posted by:
mutz1243
If you can’t park your car you shouldn’t drive.
04/23, 12:40 PM
posted by:
LaCaLover
mayer_gay_nagin, du bist am arsch, Schwuchtel Wichser!
04/23, 12:48 PM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
Du träumst, CaCaLover, von meinem Arsch, und wartest vergeblich auf’n Tag dass Du von meinem Arschloch fressen kannst, aber leider für Dich kommt der Tag nie und so musst Du noch weiter nächtlich den Arsch vom Hund Deines Nachbarns lecken, und von ihm gefickt werden.
04/23, 12:56 PM
posted by:
Eddie Willers
Just another step toward the fully automated automobile. I think its great, I like driving as well as anyone, but there are many a time when I could use the travel time for another task.
04/23, 12:59 PM
posted by:
LaCaLover
Sie müssen sich auf Drogen, mayer_gay_nagin, zu glauben, dass ich möchte essen Sie Ihre Arschloch, wenn in Wirklichkeit ist es dir, wer will, einen langen, kühlen saugen auf meinem Schwanz. Sie heiratete eine Frau, die aussieht wie ein Pferd, weil Sie dachten, dass Geschlechtsverkehr mit Tieren wurde gegen das Gesetz verstößt. Ist Ihr Arschloch gedehnt zu weit?
04/23, 1:04 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
IDK about auto parking… but it would be nice to have the car drive to me when I’ve got a cart full of groceries.
04/23, 1:15 PM
posted by:
F451
While shopping I encounter morons, on their mobile phone, who can’t even walk, talk, and negotiate a cart simultaneously. Then I go to a parking and see the same morons get in vehicles, and try to drive; this time replacing the grocery cart with a vehicle. I say to take all this safety/convenience **** away and allow those who can actually drive to rule the road while the others are slowly removed by natural selection.
I hope someone develops an aftermarket parking jammer I can mount in the grill of my vehicles to screw-up the parking systems of idiots who use them. I know a few Lexus’ that I would like to currently use such a device on.
04/23, 1:26 PM
posted by:
carrerajh
WATCH YOUR MOUTH LA CA LOVER!!
“To believe it must itself on drugs, mayer_gay_nagin, that I would like to eat you your asshole, if in reality is it you, who wants, is enough, cool suck on my tail. She married a woman, who looks like a horse, because you thought that sexual intercourse with animals became against the law offends. Is your asshole long far too?” La Ca Lover
04/23, 1:28 PM
posted by:
carrerajh
YOU TOO MAYER….
THOUGHT WE WERE PAST ALL THIS
04/23, 1:30 PM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
CaCaLover will meine Mannsaft schlucken – er hat es schon zugegeben.
04/23, 1:35 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
That would be sweet F451. The ones I especially love in parking lots are the morons in the F350s who either take up 2-4 spaces or even more incredulous try and fit their monster into the closest single space just so momma doesn’t have to waddle too far to buy her Depends.
04/23, 1:45 PM
posted by:
LaCaLover
mayer_gay_nagin: Nicht mehr fragen mich wieder auf Fahrt Ihr Arschloch, bis er blutet, wie die Verweigerung oft beleidigt.
04/23, 1:54 PM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
Naja CaCaLover, ich frage nich mehr, weil Du schon im Arsch der Welt wohnst – Los Angeles, CA. Eine Stadt voller die doofsten, oberflächlichsten, arrogantesten Wichser der Welt – wie Scheisskonzentrat in einer Toilet am Strand, und da schwimmst Du unter den stinkigen Stückchen.
04/23, 1:55 PM
posted by:
lyndon_h
They need to work on making a car that doesnt fall apart first.
04/23, 2:16 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
So if I’m getting ready to get out of, or drive off in, my car in the parking lot, and this thing runs into my car trying to park, who’s @$$ di I kick, the drivers or the cars’ ?
04/23, 2:41 PM
posted by:
shaver
This may give half the dumbasses on this site a fighting chance at actually getting a license.
04/23, 2:49 PM
posted by:
400horseSS
Enough with the gay German ****.
04/23, 4:12 PM
posted by:
tzu13
The sad part is, I see people all the time who actually NEED this sort of thing…
04/23, 4:25 PM
posted by:
nitinsharma1000
Yeah they do and they should not be driving.
04/23, 4:26 PM
posted by:
nitinsharma1000
400horsesSS, just wondering what do you drive.
04/23, 4:52 PM
posted by:
jumpoffit
this should be on those big ass SUV’s that woman drive that can’t park for crap- not on some small as car that you can fit in a compact spot, if you can’t park a little ass car, then you should NOT be driving, plus… how is this convenant? if you are STILl in the car or outside you are going to still check if it’s parking correctly… that’s like looking both ways before crossing a one way street- you know there’s only one way traffic is moving but you STILL look in the other direction, pointless
04/23, 7:28 PM
posted by:
autonut
I remember Audi’s unintended accelaration lawsuits and see the whole ABA preparing for new set of litigations. This beautiful feature will provide source of income for our attorneys for years to come in defensive and offensive lineup.
On a practical note I wonder what will break first: parking gizmo, electrical component other then gizmo or water pump?