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Automated parking is a feature available on many cars in the USA now, but I haven't myself driven one yet. Does this feature in other brands typically use ultr

Automated parking is a feature available on many cars in the USA now, but I haven't myself driven one yet. Does this feature in other brands typically use ultrasonic sensors, or just computer vision? how is it implemented for other brands?

Hamuko 4y ago
Pretty sure they use ultrasonic sensors. This channel actually had an automated parking test with many different EVs, and Tesla's performance was pretty all over the place there too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsb2XBAIWyA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsb2XBAIWyA
- kfarr 4y ago
  Yes basically any car north of 30k usually has little dots in front and back for the ultrasonic sensors. Basically standard for most cars these days. Very cheap, very effective
  - mrguyorama 4y ago
    They are so cheap they get installed in base models that don't even have the parking assist feature activated, often because they are used for other features like blind spot assist and reverse warning.
    - jrochkind1 4y ago
      This makes it seem especially weird that Tesla is removing them, right?
      - kfarr 4y ago
        Yes agreed. It reminds me of the change a few years ago to remove radar (or was it ultrasonic?) from the FSD hardware to go vision only. Which they seem to be reversing again? https://www.extremetech.com/cars/341409-tesla-may-bring-back-radar-autopilot-hardware-abandon-vision-only-approach https://www.extremetech.com/cars/341409-tesla-may-bring-back...
mousetree 4y ago
I had automated parking on bottom range Mercedes (A180) in 2013. With one button press it would reverse, turn and magically land up in a parallel parking. 10 years later I have the top of the range Tesla Model Y and it doesn't even beep accurately when I'm near another car.
- Hamuko 4y ago
  I had a manual version of that same Mercedes parallel park assist. It'd show you on the cluster how much you needed to turn the steering wheel, when to accelerate and when to stop. It definitely worked, although it was a bit fiddly since you could easily overshoot the steering wheel turn and it'd tell you to spin it back. https://youtu.be/kItT3yG5H6I?t=23 https://youtu.be/kItT3yG5H6I?t=23
nicholashead 4y ago
I have never had a truly successful (by my standards) auto park with my Tesla (with USS). It either fails to "enable" - meaning I can't even start it - or it takes so long to do it's maneuvers I may as well have just done it myself - and when it does complete, it's not centered like I would like - or it gave me a heart attack getting too close to some other car, etc.
fsh 4y ago
They all rely on ultrasonic sensors and it usually works quite well. I drove a manual transmission VW Golf in 2010 that had it.

Hamuko 4y ago

Pretty sure they use ultrasonic sensors. This channel actually had an automated parking test with many different EVs, and Tesla's performance was pretty all over the place there too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsb2XBAIWyA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsb2XBAIWyA

kfarr 4y ago
Yes basically any car north of 30k usually has little dots in front and back for the ultrasonic sensors. Basically standard for most cars these days. Very cheap, very effective
- mrguyorama 4y ago
  They are so cheap they get installed in base models that don't even have the parking assist feature activated, often because they are used for other features like blind spot assist and reverse warning.
  - jrochkind1 4y ago
    This makes it seem especially weird that Tesla is removing them, right?
    - kfarr 4y ago
      Yes agreed. It reminds me of the change a few years ago to remove radar (or was it ultrasonic?) from the FSD hardware to go vision only. Which they seem to be reversing again? https://www.extremetech.com/cars/341409-tesla-may-bring-back-radar-autopilot-hardware-abandon-vision-only-approach https://www.extremetech.com/cars/341409-tesla-may-bring-back...

mousetree 4y ago

I had automated parking on bottom range Mercedes (A180) in 2013. With one button press it would reverse, turn and magically land up in a parallel parking. 10 years later I have the top of the range Tesla Model Y and it doesn't even beep accurately when I'm near another car.

Hamuko 4y ago
I had a manual version of that same Mercedes parallel park assist. It'd show you on the cluster how much you needed to turn the steering wheel, when to accelerate and when to stop. It definitely worked, although it was a bit fiddly since you could easily overshoot the steering wheel turn and it'd tell you to spin it back. https://youtu.be/kItT3yG5H6I?t=23 https://youtu.be/kItT3yG5H6I?t=23

nicholashead 4y ago

I have never had a truly successful (by my standards) auto park with my Tesla (with USS). It either fails to "enable" - meaning I can't even start it - or it takes so long to do it's maneuvers I may as well have just done it myself - and when it does complete, it's not centered like I would like - or it gave me a heart attack getting too close to some other car, etc.

fsh 4y ago

They all rely on ultrasonic sensors and it usually works quite well. I drove a manual transmission VW Golf in 2010 that had it.