Audi A8 parking assist demo www.mobilegeeks... 1 in 5 accidents happen in a parking lot, so collision avoidance in tight spaces should be welcome by those of hate parking and those wishing to avoid being hit! Audi imagine’s a world where you just step out of the car and use your smartphone to park on it’s own. The Audi A8’s smarts don’t stop at parking, but one of the sci-fi features that I’ve been waiting for.
Remote parking pilot is a part of the Audi Ai package and, when the laws allow it, will also include Level 3 autonomous drive with Traffic jam assist.
Your A8 will be able to handle parallel parking and parking in bays forwards or backwards. There’s also remote garage pilot, which is similar to the parking system, allowing the A8 to slide in and out of cover without you having to be in the car.
When we tested it in Valencia, and we were surprised to learn that it doesn’t even have to be a line of sight, but you do have to be in a 6 meter radius of the car for it work.
The myAudi app let’s you see a live stream from the vehicle’s 360 degree cameras on your phone.
Using the MyAudi smartphone app, drivers can remotely summon or park their car while watching a live display on their device using the A8’s 360-degree camera.
The coolest part is that the driver does not need to be in the car for it work.
Audi showed off a version of its self-parking feature back in 2013 at CES. Back then, an Audi A7 was guided by an array of laser scanners embedded in the parking garage that communicated to the car over Wi-Fi, keeping it abreast of its precise location and any obstructions nearby. The A8’s ability to self-park in a setting without embedded sensors communicating with the car speaks to how much progress Audi has made with this feature.