BMW Group this week previewed the automated parking technology it will showcase at next month’s International CES in Las Vegas. The Remote Valet Parking Assistant features 36-degree collision avoidance with secure position and environment recognition. It will be demonstrated at the trade show in BMW’s electric i3. The parking assistant, which utilizes four advanced laser scanners, can identify impediments such as columns and other obstacles and reliably chart a route to a parking spot.
Before working on such fancy stuff BMW should finish the products on the market.
I just "upgraded" from a Leaf to an i3 with Adaptive Cruise Control.
The i3 is more powerful and more fun to drive compared to the Leaf. Other than that the i3 is a huge disappointment, it's just a rough prototype.
The list of things that are missing or don't work as well as in the Leaf is too long for this comment (I gave a 6 pages document full of questions to the dealer and I had zero answers). I will just say that the app that turns on the climate control can't even turn it off or tell you if it's on.
The ACC is not available on the Leaf, but I have it on a Volvo S60, where it works well and always. In the i3 sometimes it shows the message that it can't work and sometimes doesn't work without message. Last week I was twice scarily close to the car in front of me, and this morning I had the red light and the beeper warning me that I was too close to the car in front of me. While the ACC was driving.
When I use the ACC in the Volvo I can relax and enjoy it; when I use it in the i3 I am tense and scared.
I would never use a BMW app and trust a BMW i3 with a self driving system outside of an empty parking lot.
But I have great expectations for Nissan or Volvo self-parking cars!
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BMW’s Self-Parking Tech Relieves Drivers From Circling the Lot
Posted by: Peter Suciu December 18, 2014 07:02 AMBMW Group this week previewed the automated parking technology it will showcase at next month’s International CES in Las Vegas. The Remote Valet Parking Assistant features 36-degree collision avoidance with secure position and environment recognition. It will be demonstrated at the trade show in BMW’s electric i3. The parking assistant, which utilizes four advanced laser scanners, can identify impediments such as columns and other obstacles and reliably chart a route to a parking spot.
I just "upgraded" from a Leaf to an i3 with Adaptive Cruise Control.
The i3 is more powerful and more fun to drive compared to the Leaf. Other than that the i3 is a huge disappointment, it's just a rough prototype.
The list of things that are missing or don't work as well as in the Leaf is too long for this comment (I gave a 6 pages document full of questions to the dealer and I had zero answers). I will just say that the app that turns on the climate control can't even turn it off or tell you if it's on.
The ACC is not available on the Leaf, but I have it on a Volvo S60, where it works well and always. In the i3 sometimes it shows the message that it can't work and sometimes doesn't work without message. Last week I was twice scarily close to the car in front of me, and this morning I had the red light and the beeper warning me that I was too close to the car in front of me. While the ACC was driving.
When I use the ACC in the Volvo I can relax and enjoy it; when I use it in the i3 I am tense and scared.
I would never use a BMW app and trust a BMW i3 with a self driving system outside of an empty parking lot.
But I have great expectations for Nissan or Volvo self-parking cars!