As much as we love this type of technology and future thinking, we ask why? If you can drive to the point of setting the car in position, get out to aim your remote at it and let it go…why not just finish the parking job.
Next time you see someone backing in, watch them. See how many times it takes them to get it right. On average, I bet it takes a good number of times. Why do they/you back in? To leave quicker? Basically it’s the same amount of time, total. Pull in straight, your done. As you leave, you back out, put in drive and go. Back in first and you may get it right the first time, but if it takes 3 times or more your already spending more time at the wheel.
Now with park assist: Pull up and prepare for park. Get out, aim remote, sit back and relax? There is no timeframe given in the PR but how long does this take? Do you gather your stuff now or after the parking is complete. Can you walk away and get to your meeting or do you have to watch until its complete?
Again, spectacular tech, not sure if its needed. Will your insurance cover this type of tech? Post your thoughts in the comments?
We bet the TTAC has a few words to say about this. 
World Premiere at the Hanover Fair: “Park Assist Vision” independently guides Passat into any parking space
There is something decidedly fantastical about this scene: We observe the approach of a Passat estate, it stops, the driver gets out, slams the door shut and, as he walks away from the car, he aims a remote control back at it. That car now proceeds to reverse park itself into the available space, it then independently cuts the engine and activates the door locks. End of performance. In reality, there is nothing at all fantastical about this demonstration. The live performance by Volkswagen can be viewed at this year’s Hanover Fair (21 to 25 April), where the carmaker is premiering its “Park Assist Vision”, a system with the ability to guide a Passat prototype with absolute precision into a perpendicular parking space, i.e. the kind available on parking lots and in underground car parks. These parking spaces are often too narrow to allow drivers and passengers to get in and out of the car comfortably. In the not too distant future, “Park Assist Vision” will put an end to that.
Having already launched a semi-automatic park-steering system, the “Park Assist”, in its Touran, Tiguan, Passat and Passat estate to help drivers parallel park, Volkswagen is now presenting a concept system at the Hanover Fair which is capable of perpendicular parking – and of doing so fully automatically. The only thing the driver needs to do is select an available space on the monitor of the navigation system, set the selection lever of the automatic-drive vehicle (DSG) to “P” and alight from the car. The driver can, of course, choose to stay in the vehicle until the vehicle has been manoeuvred into its space.
Cameras and ultrasound sensors as parking aids
Two cameras located in the left and right exterior mirrors are responsible for gauging the dimensions of the parking space. The video signals are transmitted to a 2-GHz high-performance computer which then analyses them and sends commands to the steering and drive systems. If the driver has himself initiated the parking manoeuvre, the “Park Assist Vision” will reverse the vehicle into the parking space in accordance with the previously computed course and using electromechanical power steering, the electronic parking brake, DSG and the engine power produced by the idling mixture. Two additional cameras at the front and rear of the vehicle as well as the system’s ultrasound sensors monitor the operation and will stop the vehicle if necessary. The driver may also interrupt the manoeuvre at any time using the remote control.
This new driver assistance system is still in the trial phase of development, and a date has not yet been set for introduction of the system to series production.
- Volkswagen
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