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Ready to go: BMW Park Assistant in Pole Position
Fri Dec 01 12:00:00 CET 2000 Press Release
An increasing number of BMW drivers will soon be able to let their car find a parking space for them. They will profit from a telematics project which BMW developed in cooperation with "stadtinfoköln" (Cologne city information).
Munich/Cologne, Germany, December 1, 2000. An increasing number of BMW
drivers will soon be able to let their car find a parking space for them. They
will profit from a telematics project which BMW developed in cooperation with
"stadtinfoköln" (Cologne city information). It is now ready for practical
implementation and will be available to BMW customers as soon as possible. Once
again BMW proves its customer-oriented Europe-wide pioneering role in the areas
of research, development and practical application of telematics services in
the automobile.
The Park Assistant really makes finding a parking place smooth and easy for the
driver: after entering his destination in the BMW navigation system, the
service provider transmits suitable car park locations. The driver then selects
one of these and at the same time can also reserve a space for a certain time.
The navigation system then takes him there taking into account the current
traffic conditions.
A new payment system for public parking was also developed as part of this
project. The conventional parking ticket is replaced by a display in the car
which displays an electronic parking ticket for monitoring purposes. You no
longer need to go pay at a ticket machine. The parking fee is calculated
precisely to the minute and is debited to your account.
The "stadtinfoköln" research project is promoted by the Federal Ministry for
Education, Science and Research (BMBF) and is financed by 15 project partners.
The aim is to provide a new range of information and services (innercity
traffic/public transport) for urban living. A further goal is to optimize the
usage of existing means of
transport to achieve an ecological, city-compatible flow of traffic in urban
congestion.
BMW's commitment focuses on providing current information as well as forecasts
regarding traffic, available parking spaces and public transport availability
in the car. The cathedral city of Cologne provides outstanding infrastructure
and organization conditions for this project.
Contact:
Thomas Steffes
BMW Group
Phone: 01149-89-382-24697
presse@bmw.de