Driverless parking system approved for commercial use in Germany

Bosch and Mercedes-Benz’s Level 4 self-driving system will be introduced in APCOA car park at Stuttgart Airport

A Bosch stereo camera

A Bosch stereo camera

The automated valet parking operation at the P6 parking garage run by APCOA Parking

The automated valet parking operation at the P6 parking garage run by APCOA Parking

Walter Schoefer, Flughafen Stuttgart, Markus Schäfer, Mercedes Benz Group, D. Markus Heyn, Robert Bosch and Niels Christ, APCOA Parking Group

Walter Schoefer, Flughafen Stuttgart, Markus Schäfer, Mercedes Benz Group, D. Markus Heyn, Robert Bosch and Niels Christ, APCOA Parking Group

Bosch and Mercedes-Benz have reached an important milestone on the way to automated driving. Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has approved their highly automated parking system for commercial use at Stuttgart Airport.

The automated valet parking operation at the P6 parking garage run by APCOA Parking will be a highly automated driverless function to the SAE Level 4 standard.

With the vehicle and infrastructure taking over driving within the car park, drivers will be able...

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