If you needed a reason to purchase the new Chevrolet SS Sedan look no further.
GM has confirmed that the SS Sedan is Chevy's first and only vehicle to offer standard Automatic Parking Assist.
The technology works by using sensors on the front and rear bumpers to find the width and depth of parallel and reverse right-angle parking spaces in order to provide hands-free parking assistance.
"Even some of the most experienced drivers in the world loathe parallel parking," said Scott Hollopeter, vehicle dynamics engineer for the SS, in a recent press statement. "Automatic Parking Assist is designed to help alleviate that anxiety in situations where more experience is required to park a vehicle."
The automaker designed the system to gauge the size of parking space, detect obstacles, assess distance to the curb and calculate optimum steering angles for each parking spot.
Drivers control the accelerator and brake while the Automatic Parking Assist controls the steering, while following instructions on the Driver Information Center.
Signals are sent from the sensors in the bumpers to the electric power steering rack in order to allow the vehicle to steer itself into the correct spot.
"Technologies that provide help in parking and even vehicles that can park themselves started, as most technologies do, on luxury cars but they have proliferated to more mainstream vehicles," said Michelle Krebs, senior analyst for AutoTrader.com, according to the automaker. "They have broad appeal from newly licensed young drivers to older drivers and are also are attractive to people who live in increasingly congested urban areas."
To parallel park the vehicle, drivers pull alongside a space until the vehicle's rear bumper passes the rear wheel of the car parked in front of the open spot. The driver then shifts into reverse and the car is able to steer itself into the parking space.
The vehicle's backup camera provides a visual indication of how close the SS actually is to nearby cars.
The parking process works in a similar way, according to GM. Drivers simply have to press the Automatic Park Assist button twice and then follow instructions found in the Driver Information Center to park the vehicle safely.
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