new parking garage in germany w/ pics. this pwns the US!

[kami333]

Originally posted by: Beller0ph1
So if parking is all automated, and there isn't anyone inside, why is it lit?

Probably light from the windows

 

[Trikat]

Isn't it like Minority Report?

 

[Ika]

wasn't this in irobot?

 

[loup garou]

Jeez, I was always impressed by the 3 or 4 car high lots by my old office, that's just amazing!

 

[Eli]

:Q

That is fscking badass.

 

[GoingUp]

They store the little Smart cars at dealerships in the same way too.

 

[saxophonoia]

wow. Amazing.

 

[SparkyJJO]

I'd hate so see that thing have a system failure, all those cars would be stuck, or one fall off the lift

 

[FeuerFrei]

I thought we decided this was just a storage facility, not a parking garage.

 

[Stangs55]

what the hell?

the pictures don't work anymore?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
I thought we decided this was just a storage facility, not a parking garage.

not true for those who don't want to read the thread.

Yes it is said to be a factory... and if it were a public parking garage, everyone there has damn nice/new looking cars.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: Slacker
The op's pics are of a storage facility at a VW plant.

God damn look at the pictures there are CITROENS and PEUGOTs in the pictures. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. A VW one does exist but this is a different one.

 

[91TTZ]

Everyone likes to put down the US for not having these, but if we did, just wait until someone's clunker on the bottom catches fire and burns the whole place down. Then all the lawsuits will fly, and it will be the biggest clusterf* ever.

 

[CanOWorms]

I saw one of these in Alaska back in 1893. Nothing new!

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: Eugechi
This type of setup exists in Taiwan for over 10 years or more now I think. I definitely remember as a child when my parents utilized this type of parking at crowded places.

i was just gonna post this too. Stuff like this has existed in Asia ever since I was little. New technology like the convection oven has been around since the 70s in Asia. However, most of the time, the technology is built out of necessity. It would just be cheaper just to build a standard parking structure in the states, as land costs so little.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
I saw one of these in Alaska back in 1893. Nothing new!

Wow.

 

[Howard]

I think a real parking garage would have more than one of those moving platforms. Or maybe you just enjoy queues everywhere...

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
I thought we decided this was just a storage facility, not a parking garage.

it isn't a parking lot. its a storage tower at the flagship VW factory. a little extra spent to wow visitors.

 

[Turkish]

That's the Volkswagen's Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany.

You all are noobs. Stop being Americans, travel and learn

 

[ViviTheMage]

i actually said wow when i saw that!

 

[narutofan36]

awsome O_O

 

[cougar78]

that's pretty cool

 

[Nda]

they should use this system in LA. I hate trying to get parking in LA area (westwood, etc).

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: Howard
I think a real parking garage would have more than one of those moving platforms. Or maybe you just enjoy queues everywhere...

No, actually I would prefer a stack.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Dissipate

Originally posted by: Howard
I think a real parking garage would have more than one of those moving platforms. Or maybe you just enjoy queues everywhere...

No, actually I would prefer a stack.

Extra butter?