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now self-parking is almost inevitable these days because so many cars already have the parts in them to enable it let me show you first of all here in the front these are your front parking sensors lots of cars have these I bet you're a does you know pbbbb these corner sensors a little less common but they're starting to pervade across the automotive industry now in the back of course we have more sensors as well as the rear camera they look straight back which gives the car the ability to do some image recognition especially of what's along the side here in terms of the kerb distance and of course other vehicles often have side cameras under the mirrors and front cameras that can also be taken into play all you have to add to that is a way to turn the wheel that's where electric power steering is very critical lots of cars are using it now for fuel efficiency let's drag on the engine but while you're at it that's a computer addressable steering rack unlike the old dumb hydraulic rams it all comes together with software let me show you ok I enable the automatic parking and now the cars says is scanning for a parking space on the right side a parking space is big enough for this vehicle that's the key thing a lot of people can't judge that very well ok does it sound one pull a little further forward and then it tells you where to put the car into reverse now hands off the wheel and just nibble it back I'm just gonna use creak once they get this thing rolling and just work the brake hands off and it's reading all of its sensors camera it's looking for the distance to the cars distance to the curb angle of the car working that electric power steering rack that's a key technology this space is really tight it's gonna require some backing film now I'm watching at the back here so I don't bump into that car right there it says here to stop going the drive it goes full lock all the way forward and they're coming to come back in a minute this nibbling logic to me is really impressive that says stop now go back and reverse let's see how this is going to work that's pretty good then I'm gonna pull it forward do a little last nibble that is a pretty good parking job you