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more about #parking more comments → jjigen: this won't work when people fight over parking spaces. if someone else rushes into the space after your car has already started its process, how will ... more » bricatoxchod: It would have been nice to get some reference or idea where the whole "runs over people" point comes from. Rosa mentions it over and over and over but... more » chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling: after watching this video again...... i have to say... i want some friggin' lasers for my VW... not for parking assistance... but more for .. well... ... more » KingSnakeX4: God forbid someone leaves a shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot. How would the car know to drive around something or sit and wait? I pictur... more » badhatharry: My boss has the Lexus that parallel parks itself, but refuses to try it out. Nothing really to add to this post, just his refusal to try out that fea... more » m.dean: They've documented that it runs people over. That means it's no longer a bug, it's a feature. Call it the "Future Empty Space Initiator." p.s. thanks... more » Undead Ponies: As a personal injury attorney, I see nothing wrong with having 3,500 pounds of steel try to park itself in an urban environment. #vailautonomousvaletp... more » OCEntertainment: Unacceptable! Does Volkswagen have any idea what this will do to the valet industry?! This will cannibalize the wages of honest, hard-working American... more » Enochrewt: They need to polish this and put it in newer luxury cars, STAT! There will be a lot less jackasses that park crooked or across two spaces in the futur... more » jakebathman: Can I press a button when I leave the store and have it come pick me up? Wake me when that happens #vailautonomousvaletparking more » anexanhume: Dammit Rosa, false advertising. You specifically mention running people over in the title, and I get 0 carnage in the video? #vailautonomousvaletparking more » SuperTuna: Except or ESPECIALLY? We all know Cyberdyne is coming but we didn't know that VW was backing them! #vailautonomousvaletparking more » Gordonium: How on earth will insurance companies handle claims involving these things? That could get really messy, really quickly. Then again, they'll probably ... more » chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling: you got jalopnik in my gizmodo! #vailautonomousvaletparking more » gemcosta: I've had this idea for years. I'm glad Michael Dell decided to implement it... #energy more » -
#automotive
Self-Parking Car Works Perfectly, Except For That Whole Running People Over Thing
Volkswagen is onto something great with this concept demo. You just step out of this car and it parks itself. Great, now they just need to iron out those details about detecting obstacles like lil' ol' grannies crossing parking lots. More » -
#solar
Dell’s New Solar Parking Lot
Think about how hot your car gets on a sunny day. Dell decided to harvest all that wasted energy by installing these solar panels in their parking lot. Now they're keeping cars cool and putting that sunlight to good use. More » -
#imagecache
What Is This?
My first thoughts: It looks like a cross between a glassed-off launchpad and some kind of prop you'd find in a stunt driving video game. In reality, this is a day-to-day convenience in a major city. More » -
#cars
The Most Ingenious Way to Parallel Park Ever
People with Audis that need their car to park itself to fit into tight spots should feel like jackasses: This guy added a retractable, perpendicular fifth wheel to his car that slips him out of anything. Genius. [Liveleak via BB] -
#security
Unsecure Electronic Parking Meters Can Be Hacked For Infinite Money
Two presenters at Black Hat 2009 just demonstrated their ability to hack into parking meters in San Francisco (and theoretically anywhere with this kind of system) to give unlimited money on their parking payment cards. More » -
#rccars
RC Car Mastermind Masami Hirosaka Parallel Parks With Style
RC Car aficionado Masami Hirosaka does more with this little car in one minute than I'll hope to do with a real one in my entire lifetime. Notice he doesn't use the wall as leverage, either. [YouTube via Japan Probe] -
#smartmeters
Parking Meters From Hell
Fair warning—crazy French smart meters that detect the presence of cars and tell nearby authorities to come and bust you are making their way to the UK. Are we next? More » -
