Can the BE 6’s Auto Park Assist feature actually be of use in Indian parking situations?
The BE 6 Pack Three, Mahindra has added Auto Park Assist, a feature that helps drivers get into parking spaces with little input. The technology, using sensors and cameras, measures parking spots and controls the steering, leaving the driver to control the accelerator and brake. Auto parking features are quite common on the premium vehicles globally, but their efficacy in the Indian context is open to question. Parking in India involves tight spaces, unconventional parking and sometimes even makeshift parking areas. This begs the question of how well the BE 6's system adapts to these challenging, and often unpredictable, parking situations. There’s also the question of whether Indian drivers, who are often used to manually squeezing into tight spots, will find this feature useful or it just complicates things.
Auto Park Assist in India? Good luck with that! Our parking spots aren’t even properly marked, most of them. I can't see how this will work well outside of malls and airports.
You'd be surprised. Well, these systems have come a long way. Just 50% is pretty useful. That'll make for good parallel parking on busy streets.
I think it'll be hit or miss. In some scenarios, useful, but likely too slow and too cautious for most Indian drivers used to quick, tight parking maneuvers.
Whether we need it or not doesn’t matter, we just want to have the option. For some people, this could be a godsend – they struggle with parking. And it’s a cool party trick to show off, too.
The thing I worry about is people relying on it too much. What happens when it doesn’t detect a small obstacle such as a rock or a steep curb? In fact, it could actually create more problems than it solves.
As for valet parking situations, I’m interested in how it deals with that. It could be really useful in restaurants and hotels where valets typically have to squeeze into tight places.
To be honest, most people will try it once or twice and then just park manually because it's faster. It's not essential feature, but nice to have.
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