I hate parking the car. In particular, I hate parallel parking. I’m not very good at it, and I usually require a dozen or so jockeys back and forth to make it happen.
In a revolutionary development for lazy and skill-deficient drivers, Toyota engineers in Japan have developed a car that can perform a perfect reverse park between two objects.
The system will be launched in Japanese showrooms late next month as an optional extra with the second generation Prius petrol-electric hybrid car, which sells for about $40,000. The system took three years to develop and is being touted as a step towards the ultimate in vehicular automation: the self-driving car.
I’m not sure about the self-driving part — but self-parking? I’d be all over it.
(via GeekPress)
Wow.
That is -so- cool.