Cale 36 Report post Posted June 24, 2007 These two photos were taken at a new Volkswagon(?) parking garage in Munich. The facility occupies 20% less space (prob horizontally) than standard parking garages in the US. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cainchapman 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2007 It's at Volkswagen Wolfsburg. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted June 24, 2007 I want to know more about how that works, looks badass! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve K-B 51 Report post Posted June 24, 2007 Wow, all that for 20%!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenday-rulz21 6 Report post Posted June 24, 2007 (edited) Info Here Edited June 24, 2007 by Nick021 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ken Report post Posted June 24, 2007 A more futuristic version was depicted in the movie I-Robot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpp 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2007 A more futuristic version was depicted in the movie I-Robot. iRobot assumed that no drinks were left undrunk in their cupholders. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted June 25, 2007 Wow, all that for 20%!! Hahaha soooo true! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nic325i 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2007 Wow, all that for 20%!! It looks quite structurally efficient though. Columns are close together=very thin floor supporting the cars compared to conventional carpark. That plus cost of land in big cities presumably makes it economic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted July 2, 2007 i can;t figure out how they get the cars on and off the platforms ... do they leave the hand brakes off? and those platforms are tilted forward so that they simple push and pull the cars on and off? is there a driver who is not afraid of heights working there? big magnets? conveyors on each platform? gahhh i want to know! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted July 2, 2007 The actual website. Translation into english is simply that it is where they store new cars. You go there to pick up your new car, they retrieve it and you get you photo taken with your new car and you drive it away. Apparently totally automated, but nothing on how. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenday-rulz21 6 Report post Posted July 2, 2007 Collecting the new car The only way is up! Soon to be owners of a brand new Volkswagen take an escalator from the main entrance, or Piazza, up into the Abholerwelt (check-in area for Volkswagen customers). At 23 service stations, customer-service agents answer questions, explain vehicle delivery and recommend what to see in the Autostadt, based on customer-interests. The next steps in the procedure are automatic: a lift in one of the CarTowers selects the correct vehicle and conveys it to the centre of the tower from where it is gently lowered to the ground floor. Thereafter the new car rolls through a tunnel into the Car Distribution Centre. This elliptic building has a transparent, floating roof, under which two restaurants, a simulator and a shop are grouped around a lively square. This is where, a large display panel indicates the collecting customer‘s name, the hand-over begins. Not long after the keys to the new vehicle are handed to the new owner… Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
