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more about #volkswagen 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 » bassoondux: I was there about a month ago. It's pretty cool. Huge multitouch displays with lots of eye candy, but a bit laggy at times. However, as a museum insta... 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 » -
#architecture
Volkswagen's Level Green: A Crazy Geometric Holodeck Wonderland
As if its Sci-Fi parking garage wasn't cool enough, VW's now built this amazing exhibition for its Autostadt attraction in Wolfsburg, Germany. The 1000m2 space has 25 installations exploring three aspects of sustainability: the environment, society, and the economy. More » -
#cars
Volkswagen Caddy Van Features a Wooden Boat Deck For Sunbathing
The designers at Volkswagen brought out the big guns for an upcoming recreational vehicle show in Düsseldorf, Germany by crossing one of their small commercial Caddy vans with a sailboat. While the Caddy Topos Sail design is not capable of traveling on water, it does feature a sailboat style deck on the roof that can be modified for relaxation and sunbathing. It even features a wooden ladder built into the glass to grant easy access to the roof. I suppose that it is clever in a stupid sort of way, but no matter how you feel about the quirky design, it is only a concept. More » -
#workaholicmobile
T6 Volkswagen Concept Car is an Office on Wheels
Having easy access to your office 24 hours a day can be both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, you will never miss a beat. On the other, it may seem like you are always stuck at work. With that in mind, check out the T6 concept workaholicmobile designer Alexander Zhukovsky has put together. It comes complete with all of the technology and space you and your co-workers need to get the job done—even when you are stuck in traffic. In other words, it is a boardroom on wheels. More » -
#ibug
Steve Jobs and VW Chairman Talk iCar
A Volkswagen spokesperson told German magazine Capital that an iCar may be on the way. Steve Jobs and VW Chairman Martin Winterkorn got together in California a few days ago to "plan an intensive co-operation with the building of vehicles." It might even be called an iCar. This is against a background of chatter we heard floating around last month, but we're not thinking Apple's going to get into the car business. More » -
