Robotic Parking Garage Crams More Cars into Less Space

New York City is going the way of Tokyo, with parking anyway. The first robotic parking garage is now running in NYC. The machine has sensors and lasers that ensure your car is on the platform correctly.

The same sensors also check to be sure that you aren’t inside the vehicle when it is packed away. The benefit of this robotic system is that it takes less space allowing for more cars to be stored, 67 in the same amount of space 24 cars would occupy to be precise.If you have ever wondered what the inside of one of the robotic garages looks like the guys at Popular Mechanics were able to send a camera through to record the entire 90 second retrieval process. At the end the guy has to pay $14 to get his ride back. Ouch. Story and image via Uber-Review

by Shane McGlaun

What Others Say about This

Chevrolet Malibu updates for global debut

Rescue crews spent most of Thursday searching the Red River, near River Bend Marina in Elm Grove,...- 7:41 am An attorney for former LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson entered a plea of innocent Thursday on...- 8:09 am Parkway High School girls basketball ...
Full article at: The Shreveport Times  More like this  3 days ago, 8:51am CST

Chevrolet Malibu updates for global debut

When it comes to cars, Americans buy more midsize cars _ or D-segment cars in automaker parlance _ than any other country. The rest of the world prefers compact C class cars, vehicles that are the size of a Chevrolet Cruze. Not surprisingly, the Cruze is ...
Full article at: The Shreveport Times  More like this  4 days ago, 7:26am CST

Bill limiting use of GPS tracking heads to House floor

A bill that would make it illegal to use increasingly accessible GPS tracking devices to monitor the movements of others is on its way to the floor of the state's House of Delegates. House Bill 807, sponsored by Del. Joe T. May, R-Loudoun, would make it ...
Full article at: Richmond Times-Dispatch  More like this  4 days ago, 2:32pm CST

Don't miss ...

• More Cars & Vehicles Stories
• I4U News Homepage