Remote Park Pilot
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Remote Park Pilot
Does anyone know if Mercedes is planning to bring the Remote Parking Pilot feature to the 2017 E Class in the United States? This is feature is currently available in Europe and it allows you to park your E Class while standing outside your vehicle, using an app on your smartphone. If I understand correctly, this feature will be introduced in the US with the 2018 S Class. I'm really hoping Mercedes will offer an update that will activate this feature for existing E Class owners.
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And Telsa has offered it here for a couple years now.
So it can't be a DOT approval issue...even though that is what I was told when they delivered my car. Maybe a MB corporate liability concern?
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Just to clarify: I have the Premium 3 Package, so my car already has Parking Pilot. There is a button on the center console that you push and the car will actively search for a parking space (both parallel and perpendicular). Once you select the parking spot you want, the car takes over - it actually steers, brakes, pulls forward and shifts into reverse (if necessary) completely hands-free. That being said, I would think that Remote Parking Pilot would utilize the same system and no additional hardware is required - perhaps a simple software update to "unlock and activate" this feature?
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You must not live in a crowde city. In places like NY, Chicago and LA or Europe the spots can be so narrow its very hard to get out without banging the guy next to you. The parking feature makes that effortless.
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I've actually lived in NY...but if the spot is that narrow...I'm more worried about the "other" guy banging my door...I'm sure some folks find it useful though.
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Yeah, the only practical reason is if the garage or parking space is too tight to exit the vehicle once it is parked....a rare occurrence. For the most part this feature is just a good party trick.
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It is mentioned in the drivers assist portion of this document, for the US
https://www.media.mbusa.com/releases...shedDescending
https://www.media.mbusa.com/releases...shedDescending
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It is mentioned in the drivers assist portion of this document, for the US
https://www.media.mbusa.com/releases...shedDescending
https://www.media.mbusa.com/releases...shedDescending
Remote Parking Pilot: For the first time, this system allows the vehicle to be moved into and out of garages and parking spaces remotely using a smartphone app, enabling the occupants to get into and out of the car easily, even if space is very tight. Remote Parking Pilot will be available in the US in a later model year.
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The feature is in the car. The limitation is the APP. Mercedes Me for the US is not including this option. If you found the way to download the Mercedes Me app from a European App store, you would have this option available and usable.
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Here is a Google Play link to the app. Will someone in the US with an EU sim try to install the app?
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If you’re parking that close to another car you are going to risk other issues...
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My favorite parking spot in a public garage is an end spot tight against a cement wall as far away from another car as possible. That way I don't get door dings on the exposed side. Parking spaces are quite narrow in high density garages such as at a seaport.
