The lift in Autostadt from the top of the glass tower

[HereORNowTODAY]

So much for waiting in the car

[phuc08c1a]

Why not square structural design will save more area? Please specify!

[88Grove]

пиздец! я думал така хуйня бывает только в кино )))

[guguk2007]

what happen if a person forgot to pull up the brake and the car would reverse and drop?

[TheZachview]

@guguk2007 than its smashed

[Ohsnap570]

@sean7134 contrary to what you may believe these work well in the states even for a commercial application, the UCLA Surgery Center in Santa Monica, CA just installed one and has been extremely happy with it

[muhamedsadyk89]

Я слышу диалог!!!И из за пропаганды 2 мировой, у меня ассоциаций что сзади стоит Группенфюрер!если так то ставь лайк!)))

[carmium]

Wow! In Germany you can get ANYTHING from a vending machine!

[DCTriv]

@sean7134 Well this might store a little bit of pride, automated parking systems were invented by the Americans, in particular the ferris wheel paternoster system which can now be found all over Japan, and was invented in Chicago around the 1920's. Besides, this isn't a commercial project, it's a car silo used by Volkswagon in one of its factories, though similar structures can be found in other places in Germany and across much of the world.

[DCTriv]

@sean7134 Never stated that it was.

[XISAVAGEV1]

Imagine if you left the handbrake off :O

[itskirstybetchx]

Germany is awesome!

[MrMurgen]

for those seeking more info on the "Autostadt" just google it, and you will find al lot more info

[bjdavis1000]

it's a car vending machine. lol. just saying.

[sarabification]

Why are people being "WOAH ! never thought of that !" Its a simple concept for god;s sake !

a stack of cars and a machine that pulls / puts them ?

whats so difficult conceptually ?

[ovidikandreea]

daamn... i was like, if that thing got a real car out of there i think is time to move on bike right about now.. u.u

i think tomorow i'll go to work on bike..

[Tygris33]

all Volkswagons any one else notice that

[bhennessee01]

@Tygris33 car storage for the vdub factory

[ondamountain]

Yeahhh!! mission impossible!!!

[tarounterburger]

there's a reason why Germany is on top of the European economy....

[SevRash]

In my country I work in a German company. There are lots of Germans working together with me here. To tell the truth Gemans the best people I have ever known! Especially their punctuality .

[marshall3353]

@SevRash really? i wish to know a germans people

[SevRash]

@marshall3353

I wrote it in acordance with my work experience with them.

[WhatThePresidentSays]

i want to ride one!

[fatherJON2gunz]

The car towers work like giant vending machines: As a new car arrives from the factory, it’s transported by robot to an empty storage slot in one of the towers; when a customer shows up to collect the car, the same robotic picking system fetches the vehicle, brings it down to ground level, and transfers it to the KundenCenter in the next building. Each tower holds up to 400 cars on 20 levels and can process a car every 45 seconds during peak times............ wolfsburg factory peoples

[mrmega54]

this is how parking lots would look in the future xD

Sry for bad english

[Teeheehee093]

Japanese technology is crazy

[xgg249]

what if every car you chose came pre-loaded with a hot german blonde holding a big frothy stein? that would be cool.

[sarabification]

@xgg249 ummm , thats so straight (hetero) !

[xelvis819]

Is this in HQ office of ＶＷ?

I saw this in japanese car magazine.

[Rickyrab]

Here's an idea for a vending machine... put $30,000 into slot, press button for type and model, and out comes a car... :)

[IxIANDYIxI]

If you leave your handbrake off, you're fucked

[jentzschiepoo]

@IxIANDYIxI it's not a parking house

[SlutzkArb1987]

прикольно)))))))

[Dominitrix69]

It would be awesome it took my Accord and accidently brought back a Bugatti Veyron! Now how to get it and get it started! :-/

[myschwettyballs]

german tech is cool, but is unreliable, and breaks too often, would never trust that thing with my car

[belgiumlife]

all stolen from japan

[ukinsomniac]

has it dropped one yet?! Imagine ringing that through to the insurance company! :D

[musicnab]

is like a candy machine just with cars instead of candy

[coolKat666666666]

the sad part is like 15 years ago before this was built I had the same idea and I didnt act on it and now here it is. how cool.

[takahashimasaya]

結構、無駄な場所の取り方ですね。

日本の方が合理的。



[Surgical5Stalingrad]

fake

[bofrostmann89]

@Surgical5Stalingrad The real fake is you

[velvets47]

ドイツの科学力は世界一ィィィ

[2Cam1]

Ja, weiß is echt kacke !

[PreflashGordon]

If this is the speed it works at there must be a heck of a lineup at rush hour. I mean, I'm not trying to hate: it's clever, but it also looks awfully slow.

[ChromeCrumpet]

@PreflashGordon You do realize that this is inside of a Volkswaggon factory right? It isnt ment for public use, only for delivering vehicles to buyers.

[101andrewj]

@PreflashGordon they are selling cars, not hotdogs... these cars are not exported, only sold to people on site, and they can take 2 vehicles off every 60 seconds

[bhainsad]

@PreflashGordon the speeds good enuf else the vibration can make the car loose balance & fall

[tioguerra]

@PreflashGordon Try waiting for an elevator, going up 15 floors and then driving back down all 15 floors in spirals.

[marshall3353]

@PreflashGordon shut up! unites states never have that technology!

envyyyyyyyyyyy!!!mother fucker GERMANY THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE EARTH

[maber072]

@PreflashGordon only new cars :p

[TheEthug]

This was designed and created by the Japanese, and bought by a Germans to enhance efficiency and precision.

[Ryantothec]

Would be a bad ass sequence to shoot a scene from an action movie here.

[morzemakaron]

but i don't like germany

History !

Fucking Hitler !

[Daghead]

Of course I'm not an engineer, but the structure comes off as flimsy.

[ALZHEM]

"Honey... this is very nice... but how do we get down?" XDD

[gildedintention]

An after work nightmare..

[speskin814]

One of the coolest things I have ever seen!

[MyMumsCatSays]

Is that for real? I thought it was a really clever motion graphics / special effects piece!

Crikey!

[PunkBoy755]

car vending machine!

[Ifeelphat]

Imagen you falling asleep in the car and this happens o_o

[caveman357]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

[HighwaySage]

Very clever for accessing stock as needed but it would be a bad system for public parking; imagine how long it would take to get your car after a ball game - yours and 20,000 others.

[KhyronDesintegrado]

@HighwaySage you are right, but they are other system. They look like car on chains that spin... I can quiet explain it.

[RelmoDj]

this is probably the coolest parking i ever seen

[mrroper]

It would be better if it were built underground instead.

[johnathon124]

And what the hell happens when your car falls off?

[fehercsongor]

@johnathon124 It won't fall.

[johnathon124]

@fehercsongor Well, nothing is impossible.

[BreezyInfernoNinja]

Earthquake! Drop that car down 30 stories xD

[carstalkerz]

@Shootaababylone It belong's to the VW factory

[Kurru]

Wow thats amazing. Should be more car parks like this :)

[corpmedia]

EARTHQUAKE!!!!

[JDBourgault]

Mensch! The energy footprint must be awful!

[Jafromobile]

@JDBourgault I think it's greener than one would imagine. Packing that many cars in that tightly in such a small footprint reduces congestion and pollution. The emissions savings of not driving in a circle up 32 floors is enormous. It's not paved. No concrete to maintain. Less liability.

It's hydraulic so it should be extremely efficient. Probably one big electric pump per-arm (with a backup of course) moving fluid pressure... and only when it needs to.

[femtophysiker]

gut.....und einfach!

[athriaxo]

Haha "Weiß ist einfach eine blöde Autofarbe" lol ... ja bei solchen Autos schon ... aber schon mal nen weißen Murcielago gesehn? Da machste in die Hosen vor Glück xD

[swainey101]

shit, forgot my wallet, oh bollocks wheres my car :p

[craigman777]

well done again for human progress.....this is why people in the world starve to death.

[TheJosephagus]

@craigman777 appreciate a good thing.

[j65wfe]

This is so I ROBOT!

[jesper86broberg]

Lucky they have glass windows so the cars can enjoy the view! :-) brag!

[Kurru]

@jesper86broberg Probably have glass windows so the building itself looks nicer from the outside! I'd imagine a towering block of cement wouldn't look the best!

[mariner225]

germany technologie is to good for me..

[BlackWolf11]

@mariner225 german technology pleasures me as well :P

[WISPA2k7]

i met Lina there. The guide in the tower.

[mrdoodman]

Germany is indeed a great country.

[KhyronDesintegrado]

@mrdoodman they have of this things in Philippines