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World first at the Allianz Arena? Mercedes-Benz and VW are working on revolution

2020-10-13T14:36:52.500Z


Full parking garages are a horror for many drivers. But in the future, cars could find a parking space without a driver. First tests are running.


Full parking garages are a horror for many drivers.

But in the future, cars could find a parking space without a driver.

First tests are running.

  • The road to self-driving

    cars

    is still a long one.

  • The first driverless cars are already being

    tested

    in the

    USA

    .

    In

    Germany that

    could take a while.

  • But the automated parking the approaching

    vision

    of

    reality

    .

    In

    Stuttgart

    , cars could soon find their parking space automatically - without a driver.

Munich - Anyone who drives their own car in the city center or is looking for a parking space in the multi-storey car park at the airport needs strong nerves.

Ramps and parking spaces are often narrow or small and often very scarce during the travel season as well as on Saturdays.

But improvement is in sight.

Because manufacturers around the world are not only working on automated driving, but also on automated parking, known in industry

jargon as

Automated Valet Parking

(AVP).

A glimpse into the automotive future and the AVP is now available at

Stuttgart

Airport

.

In the

P6

car park

,

Mercedes-Benz has

started a test

together with

Bosch

and the car park operator

Apcoa

.

Also at the airport

Braunschweig

operates

Volkswagen

with Bosch and Apcoa to a comparable technology. 

#AutomatedValetParking to drive down the airport stress: @BoschGlobal, @MercedesBenz, and the parking garage operator @apcoa_de want to introduce driverless and fully automated parking at @STR_Airport in the future.

Get all information here: https://t.co/CkP8Yqje50 #MercedesBenz pic.twitter.com/gmEOpCDCnD

- Mercedes-Benz Press (@MB_Press) October 12, 2020

Automated parking (AVP): high-tech from the app to the payment barrier

According to the ideas of the companies, drivers should

simply park

their vehicle

in a so-called

drop zone

after reserving the AVP via

app

and driving through the barrier

and notify them via app.

Then the car drives off on its own, looks for a suitable parking space and parks fully automatically - completely without a driver.

Of course, this also works the other way around.

After landing at the airport, the driver calls his car via the app, which is ready for departure shortly after in the pick-up area.

A camera system at the barrier recognizes the license plate, opens the barrier and then automatically bills it using the corresponding app.

The future of parking isn't exactly cheap to start with.

For the AVP package in the new

S-Class

, which is to come on the market from December,

a contribution “in the lower four-digit euro range” is due, according to

Mercedes

.

Further series with the star are to follow.

The parking fee for automated parking is also likely to be higher than usual.

At the start in

Stuttgart

, an additional 15 euros for

AVP are

due

for the actual parking

.

The amount corresponds to the classic valet parking at the airport in the Swabian metropolis, where employees look for a free parking space and park the car.

Automated parking (AVP): cameras keep an eye on everything

But the brave new parking world costs money.

Bosch has installed around 180 cameras in the P6 in Stuttgart alone.

Then there is the effort for the computers.

You guide the car to the reserved parking space.

The computers

communicate

with the appropriately equipped vehicles

via

WiFi

.

The technology in the car takes over starting, blinking or braking, the signals for driving to the free parking space come from the computer, which in turn processes the signals from the cameras and specifies the route.

Measured against the global categorization of driving support systems, AVP corresponds to level 4. It stands for fully automated driving in which the vehicle navigates most of its journey independently.

The corresponding technology should be able to recognize difficult traffic situations such as construction sites or parking cars and to react independently, for example to evade or to brake completely.

Automated parking (AVP): Allianz-Arena, Messe München and Elbphilharmonie are hot candidates

The

test

in

Stuttgart

is

currently running

in a specially cordoned-off area in P6.

As soon as the authorities have given their approval, regular operations should begin under real conditions.

Then pedestrians or other vehicles could also cross the S-Class train.

If everything goes well, the system will also be installed in other parking garages in the coming years.

According to an Apcoa spokesman, parking garages at trade fairs, concert halls, stadiums or airports are possible locations.

"In

Munich

, the

Allianz Arena

and the

Munich Trade Fair come

into question," said the spokesman.

BER

Berlin Airport

,

Düsseldorf

Airport

and the

Elbphilharmonie

in

Hamburg

should also make it onto the shortlist.  

Source: merkur

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