In Soviet Russia Car Parks You
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by Mike Zazaian September 13, 2006 - 5:08pm, 8 Comments
No, this article doesn’t have anything to do with Yakov Smirnoff or Russia, but the new self-parking Volkswagen Touran should be enough to make up for our empty promises.
Volkwagen has just released a car designed specifically for those with an intense fear of parallel parking. The new VW Touran, a compact Multi-Purpose Vehicle, will be available with an automatc parking technology called ParkAssist.
While it doesn’t offer a one-click parking experience, ParkAssist is pretty darn near full automation. Using front and rear ultrasonic sensors, the ParkAssist asseses how much space is available at either end of the car, then calculates the optimal trajectory for entering a parking space. Visual parking displays direct the driver toward the best starting position, at which point the driver shifts into Reverse and ParkAssist parks the vehicle inside of 15 seconds. All the driver has to do is accelerate and brake, and ParkAssist does all the necessary maneuvering to get into a tight spot.
ParkAssist will be available on a limited number of Volkswagen models beginning in June 2007
[via gizmag]
wow
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ya… or just learn how to drive people…
Lorn
i knew how to parallel park at 14 years old, how could an over 20 not know, trust me after going to bars and parking in front on paralel you know it fast,
so we even NEED to know how to paralel parlk to get our licence now
robert canada D:
Wow Robert canada can park but he can’t spell worth a sh*t. Awesome
lolbbq
Technology is amazing as long as it works. I am sure there is another $1000 electronic board or actuator that will need replacing every other year.
I wonder who is at fault if you run into one of the cars? After all you are in control of the movement of the vehicle.
One way or another, I can see selling more expensive parts to either repair the system every other year or to repair the damage done by failing systems, though I am sure there is a fail-safe built in.
rromanf
“so we even NEED to know how to paralel parlk to get our licence now”
Jesus, what will they think of next? You’ll have to learn how to drive in reverse too before you get your licence?
Robert