Daimler, Bosch Get OK For Driverless Valet Pilot Project in Germany
July 23 2019 - 6:44AM
Dow Jones News
By Max Bernhard
Daimler AG (DAI.XE) and Robert Bosch GmbH have received a
special permit from German authorities for a driverless parking
system that doesn't require human supervision, the car maker said
Tuesday.
The maker of Mercedes-Benz cars said the fully automated
driverless parking function will collect and return vehicles
independently at its museum's parking garage in Stuttgart, where
the company is headquartered.
Auto-parts supplier Bosch is supplying the infrastructure for
the pilot project, while Daimler is contributing the vehicle
technology, it said. "As a pioneer in automated driving, our
project paves the way for automated valet parking to go into mass
production in the future," Michael Hafner, Daimler's head of
automated driving, said.
Owners of a Daimler car which offers the function can use their
smartphone to operate the automated valet parking. "Once the driver
has left the parking garage to go about their business, the car
drives itself to an assigned space and parks. Later, the car
returns to the drop-off point in exactly the same way," the company
said.
Write to Max Bernhard at max.bernhard@dowjones.com;
@mxbernhard
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 23, 2019 06:29 ET (10:29 GMT)
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