At a parking garage in Stuttgart Airport, there’s a curious sign for Automated Valet Parking. It’s a project developed by Mercedes in partnership with Bosch and Apcoa that allows your car to park itself in the garage, leaving you to head straight for your flight.
I visited the parking garage for myself this week and got a full demo of the process. The process is actually fully open to the public – you just need to have the right car. The technology required to use it has been made open source, so that other manufacturers can use it, but right now only Mercedes-Benz models are compatible.
