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Self-Parking Cars Coming To U.S.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the parking-is-hard dept.

Rio writes "Vehicles that are able to parallel park themselves while drivers sit and relax behind the wheel are coming to the United States, according to a Local 6 News report. New Toyota hybrid cars are now available in Britain with a $700 "parking assist" option. Local 6 news showed video of a driver sitting and allowing the car's steering wheel to turn on its own as it pulled into a tight parking spot on a London street. The reporter never touched the wheel as the car parked itself.Toyota says expect to see the technology pop up in the U.S. soon." Here is our previous coverage of their release in Japan.

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  1. Glad to see they put this in a hybird car. by MarkChovain · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I love the Hybrid car philosophy, it is a step away from gas-guzzling SUV's. This is a great incentive for people to buy a Prius over another car too, and the body on the new models look alot better than the older ones. My friends dad has a Prius, and it drives fast, and it rides ALOT more smooth than a traditional car. I just don't know why this idea was never embrassed before. Also, how come we don't have cars that can drive themself on the interstate? It doesn't seem like it would be hard at all, since they could just implement sensors into an interstate quite simply since it is all managed by the government, an open standard could be created by the Govt, and all the car companies could follow.

  2. Re:Danger? by Gabrill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  3. Re:Thank you Jesus by McWilde · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  4. Re:Thank you Jesus by dotgain · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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