Volkswagen to demonstrate remote controlled parking system

April23

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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.




 


25 Comments

  1. If it works VW has just passed to history.

    Comment by Rafa LL, posted on April23 at 12:13 pm
  2. Of course it will work

    Comment by LaCaLover, posted on April23 at 12:27 pm
  3. 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!

    Comment by mayer_ray_nagin, posted on April23 at 12:28 pm
  4. If you can't park your car you shouldn't drive.

    Comment by mutz1243, posted on April23 at 12:39 pm
  5. mayer_gay_nagin, du bist am arsch, Schwuchtel Wichser!

    Comment by LaCaLover, posted on April23 at 12:40 pm
  6. 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.

    Comment by mayer_ray_nagin, posted on April23 at 12:48 pm
  7. 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.

    Comment by Eddie Willers, posted on April23 at 12:56 pm
  8. 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?

    Comment by LaCaLover, posted on April23 at 12:59 pm
  9. 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.

    Comment by RaineMan, posted on April23 at 1:04 pm
  10. 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 shit 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.

    Comment by F451, posted on April23 at 1:15 pm
  11. 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

    Comment by carrerajh, posted on April23 at 1:26 pm
  12. YOU TOO MAYER….

    THOUGHT WE WERE PAST ALL THIS

    Comment by carrerajh, posted on April23 at 1:28 pm
  13. CaCaLover will meine Mannsaft schlucken - er hat es schon zugegeben.

    Comment by mayer_ray_nagin, posted on April23 at 1:30 pm
  14. 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.

    Comment by johnnycanuck, posted on April23 at 1:35 pm
  15. mayer_gay_nagin: Nicht mehr fragen mich wieder auf Fahrt Ihr Arschloch, bis er blutet, wie die Verweigerung oft beleidigt.

    Comment by LaCaLover, posted on April23 at 1:45 pm
  16. 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.

    Comment by mayer_ray_nagin, posted on April23 at 1:54 pm
  17. They need to work on making a car that doesnt fall apart first.

    Comment by lyndon_h, posted on April23 at 1:55 pm
  18. 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' ?

    Comment by HemiRoadRunner, posted on April23 at 2:16 pm
  19. This may give half the dumbasses on this site a fighting chance at actually getting a license.

    Comment by shaver, posted on April23 at 2:41 pm
  20. Enough with the gay German shit.

    Comment by 400horseSS, posted on April23 at 2:49 pm
  21. The sad part is, I see people all the time who actually NEED this sort of thing…

    Comment by tzu13, posted on April23 at 4:12 pm
  22. Yeah they do and they should not be driving.

    Comment by nitinsharma1000, posted on April23 at 4:25 pm
  23. 400horsesSS, just wondering what do you drive.

    Comment by nitinsharma1000, posted on April23 at 4:26 pm
  24. 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

    Comment by jumpoffit, posted on April23 at 4:52 pm
  25. 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?

    Comment by autonut, posted on April23 at 7:28 pm

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