WM to mass produce vehicles outfitted with Valet Parking solution next year

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Recently, WM Motor showed its automated Valet Parking software and hardware integration solution co-developed with partner Baidu at the ecological conference held by the technology company in Changsha. The WM EX5 model adopting this technology can perform remote pick-up or return, automated parking and charging at certain locations using mobile devices.

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China’s car parc reached 250 million units by June 2019, according the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, while the parking facilities cannot meet the demands with a gap of more than 50 million parking spots. The Valet Parking solution, with systematic advantages in the integration between cloud and the end, will help save 70% time for users while picking up or returning the car.

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At the end of 2019, the two companies saw the successful trial operation of the EX5 test vehicle equipped with the automated parking solution, and has provided thousands of commuting services for consumers. This innovative solution will be applied to WM-branded products as early as 2020 in specific scenarios such as home and company as well as public scenes such as business centers and transportation hubs.

In January this year, the Beijing-based AI and Internet company and the EV startup jointly set up the Intelligent Vehicle Global Joint Technology Research and Development Centre to conduct R&D of autonomous driving technologies, covering ApolloPilot software services, hardware scheme of onboard computing platform, high-precision mapping and GPS, simulation service, safety service and OTA updates.