During my visit to the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, I got a chance to witness Ford’s Active Park Assist technology in action. Ford set up a mock parallel parking situation and showed off how a Ford Escape maneuvers itself into a parallel parking spot without the driver’s steering input. The driver simply shifted gears into forward and reverse and controlled the speed via the gas and brake pedals – the car did everything else on its own, i.e. steer.
I watched Ford’s demonstration repeated over and over, and the car did not screw up once (which I cannot say is the case for many drivers I know) – awesome technology!
Tags: 2010 NAIAS, Active Park Assist, Auto Show, Escape, Ford, GM, NAIAS, Toyota
