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November 25, 2004

New Toyota Hybrid Auto Parks Itself

Your hands don't even need to be touching the steering wheel for it to start spinning back and forth aggressively, all by itself _ slowly guiding the car into the parking spot. Parallel parking is designed to be a breeze with the Intelligent Parking Assist system, part of a new $2,200 option package for Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius gas-electric hybrid in Japan. This is a bold and somewhat unnerving concept, a car that parks itself. As a driver, you've got to wonder as the Prius eases back toward the curb: What is this machine thinking? It's also difficult not to be gripped by a "Look Ma, no hands" thrill -- even if the system only partially fulfills its promise. But we'll get to the drawbacks later. First, the logic behind this innovation.

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Posted by thinkingmachine at November 25, 2004 06:57 PM

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