BERLIN, July 23 (Xinhua) — Carmaker Daimler and Germany's largest automotive supplier Bosch have obtained the official approval for an automated valet parking system in the Mercedes-Benz museum parking garage in the city of Stuttgart, the two companies announced on Tuesday.
The project was supervised by experts of the technical inspection association TUEV Rheinland and would be the world's first fully automated driverless parking function according to SAE Level 4 “to be officially approved for everyday use”, Daimler and Bosch stated.
Autonomous driving according to SAE level 4 enables a car to drive without a driver in a geographically defined area such as the parking garage in the pilot project of Bosch and Daimler.
“Driverless driving and parking are important building blocks for tomorrow's mobility,” said Markus Heyn, chief executive officer (CEO) of Bosch.
For the pilot project, Bosch is providing the infrastructure and sensors installed into the parking garage whil..
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