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VW Readies New Self-Parking System
Written by: Autocar staff   http://www.autocar.co.uk
04/24/2008 - 03:57 AM
Wolfsburg, Germany
 
PAV system allows the driver to step out of the car during parking - even on perpendicular spots. (VW photo) ยป More Photos

Volkswagen has unveiled a new parking system that allows fully automatic parking via remote control – all without the need for a driver to even be in the car.

Dubbed Park Assist Vision (PAV), the new system is a development of the Park Assist (PA) system available as an option on various Volkswagen models, allowing parking not only into parallel spaces but perpendicular ones as well.

Set to be made public at the Hanover Fair in Germany this week, the PAV system uses cameras mounted around the car, a series of ultrasonic sensors, an electro-mechanical steering system and 2GHz computer to determine the size of a parking space and, when commanded, automatically park the car.

The driver initiates the system by selecting an image of a vacant parking space projected onto
a touch screen monitor via the cameras, slotting the DSG gear lever into “P” and, if so desired, exiting the car. The rest of the parking process is then operated via a button on the key fob.
The car then automatically reverses into the parking space guided by the ultrasonic sensors before the PAV system turns off the engine and locks the doors. If a problem arises, the system can be overriden with a simple press of a stop command on the key fob.

Although still in the development process, Volkswagen is confident that PAV will one day follow its simpler PA system into production. “The technology is all in use today in one form or another. It is now a matter of perfecting the system for everyday use,” an insider told Autocar.

Greg Kable/Autocar magazine.
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