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The CENEX-CAM event takes place at the Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire, UK, on 4-5 September 2019. Dr Brian Holt will be talking in the Connected Autonomous Vehicles track, on the topic of Why Autonomous Parking will happen first.

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• Motorists are optimising their parking decisions based on cost and distance, and even high earners are looking out for discounts
• More than half of people surveyed want their car navigation system to guide them to parking locations or make personalised parking recommendations
• Motorists in the UK more likely to plan where they will park at least 24 hours in advance
• Motorists in Germany still prefer to pay for parking with cash rather than card
• Men are 52% more likely than women to want their car to park itself

5 June 2019, London - Wiesbaden - Detroit

Parkopedia helped found the AVP consortium because we believe that Autonomous Valet Parking will become an important way in which we can serve our customers, by reducing the hassle of the parking experience. Parkopedia are providing highly detailed mapping data for off-street car parks, one of the critical components to a car being able to successfully park autonomously

Research on self-driving cars has been continuing for more than 30 years, starting with the pioneering work by Ernst Dickmanns on the PROMETHEUS project. A lot of work has taken place since then and is still ongoing, but the question remains: why has the problem of self-driving still not been solved in 30 years?

Hear from Parkopedia CEO Eugene Tsyrklevich on the topic of "Will autonomous vehicles ever be able to park?", recorded at Move 2019 in London on 13 February 2019.

Parkopedia’s mission is to improve the world by delivering innovative parking solutions. Our expertise lies within the parking and automotive industries, where we have developed a solid reputation as the leading global provider of high quality off-street and on-street parking services.

Parkopedia helped found the AVP consortium because we believe that Autonomous Valet Parking will become an important way in which we can serve our customers, by reducing the hassle of the parking experience. Parkopedia are providing highly detailed mapping data for off-street car parks, one of the critical components to a car being able to successfully park autonomously.

• Parkopedia has won a multi-million pound grant award from the Centre for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV);

• Funded projects focus on the development of solutions for SAE Level 4 automation and above;

• Grant will be used to accelerate the development of Parkopedia’s Autonomous Valet Parking technology;

• Parkopedia’s consortium partners are The Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing at the University of Surrey (CVSSP) and The Transport Systems Catapult (TSC).

London, February 26th, 2018

Parkopedia, the world’s leading parking services provider, announced today that it has won a multi-million pound grant award from the Centre for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) to accelerate the development of Autonomous Valet Parking technology.

Parkopedia leads the project consortium which includes The Centre for Vision, Speech & Signal Processing at the University of Surrey (CVSSP) and The Transport Systems Catapult (TSC).

The main focus of the project is the development of Autonomous Valet Parking technology, including indoor parking maps, which allow a driver to be dropped off in front of a multi-storey parking facility or their final destination and the vehicle then parking itself fully autonomously. Upon returning, a driver is able to summon the vehicle back using a smartphone or a smartwatch.

Richard Harrington MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy commented:

“Through these competitions, we are offering innovative businesses support to take their projects to the next level and help them achieve commercial success. The projects that we are nurturing mean that we are a step closer to securing our place as a world leader in self-driving vehicles.”

“This significant investment is a mark of the innovation that is at the heart of our modern Industrial Strategy. The development of new technologies is a cornerstone of the UK’s world-class science and research and will ensure that we deliver a Britain fit for the future by creating jobs and the skills needed to succeed.”

Brian Holt, Head of Autonomous Driving at Parkopedia, added, “Autonomous Valet Parking will be one of the first fully autonomous features available to the general public. Parkopedia is uniquely positioned to provide the full range of parking services including the detailed indoor parking maps required to power autonomous vehicles globally and the CCAV grant will enable us to accelerate the on-going development of this exciting new technology.”