Aaron Naparstek

» Friday, April 28, 2006

Tepper's Dream

Update from a German correspondent:
Aaron, that building does exist, but it's not a parking lot. It's the delivery centre of the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg. They put it up a few years ago as a centre-piece of a theme park about cars, the idea is that future car owners come there to collect their cars personally, in a quasi-religious ceremony.

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Original posting: A correspondent sends along these photographs of a super-automated, ultra-efficient, futuristic parking structure in Munich, Germany. I almost can't believe this exists (though, if such a structure does exist, I'm sure it's in Germany). Can anyone confirm that these aren't just computer-generated renderings?

3:54 PM | Link |

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2nd Try: Considering that we in the United States were able to come up with a four-story, 312-space, robot-operated parking garage in Hoboken, I'm not surprised that this one exists in Germany.

Posted by AD @ 5/01/2006 5:34 PM | Link

Let's see the Germans try to hoist one of our good ol' three-and-one-quarter ton* Chevy Tahoes on their pathetic little girly-man robotic lift.

Then we'll see who's boss.

*actual weight, before cooking

Posted by Eric M. @ 5/02/2006 3:41 PM | Link

Wait, I remember this scene. It was from the Matrix, right? Except they replaced the cars with humans.

Posted by peakguy @ 5/04/2006 9:50 AM | Link

Would the Germans call this device ein Autoautomat?

Posted by Mitch @ 5/05/2006 10:24 AM | Link

good one, mitch.

Posted by aaron @ 5/05/2006 10:36 AM | Link

Gott in Himmel!

That is truly spooky, yet strangely seductive. Perhaps it's the perfect prototype for the cardominium.

Posted by Dope on the Slope @ 5/06/2006 4:51 PM | Link

I'd like to see a picture of what a car looks like after it falls off the arm and goes splat.

Posted by Sean @ 5/08/2006 3:17 PM | Link

These pictures have hit the gadget and car blogs:

Gizmodo
Jalopnik

Posted by Sean @ 5/11/2006 4:07 PM | Link

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