If you find yourself hunting for an elusive parking space at the mall this holiday season instead of picking out that perfect gift, you might want to put Nissan’s self-parking car technology on your wish list.
The concept vehicle was shown off this week at an electronics show in Tokyo. It uses onboard sensors and cameras to park itself, allowing shoppers to shop instead wasting precious time in the parking garage.
In theory, drivers will pull up to the main entrance, hop out and hit a “park” button on their smartphone. Once they’re done shopping, another press of the button summons the car, which detects the owner’s position and drives to them.
And if the car parks itself in a shady corner of the lot prone to break-ins, don’t worry. The cameras monitor the car while you’re looking for that perfect gift and send alerts if it detects suspicious activity.
The technology will be fully viable by 2015.
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