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A huge complex and probably expensive system is made so that people can wait while their car is brought to them instead of driving it out themselves. This idea
by jostmey 11y ago
A huge complex and probably expensive system is made so that people can wait while their car is brought to them instead of driving it out themselves. This idea will never make it.
- mjcohen 11y agoValet parking.
- monochromatic 11y agoValet parking is simple and (relatively) cheap.
- csours 11y agoExcept in places where land is very expensive, for example, Tokyo or NYC. In addition these systems can be used to good effect in auto manufacturing. BMW has one for finished vehicles; the GM plant I worked at in Arlington TX has one for painted bodies. Throughput is definitely an issue; in the manufacturing system I worked with, a vehicle could be stored or retrieved in about 1 minute; but these are uniform size and shape, and are not finished products. 6 minutes seems like a very long time, unless you have an app to pre-retrieve your vehicle. Also I wouldn't care to design one for all of the various types and sized of vehicles.
- laxatives 11y agoSimilarly this is very common in small boat/dinghy storage where land values near water is very high (albeit with a lot less automation). Raised racks store boats long term and an operator has to retrieve it on request.