Beijing Set to Roll Out Automatic Parking Garage

A technician demonstrates how to park cars under the automatic system in a multi-story parking garage in Tongzhou District of Beijing, April 5, 2016.

The project utilizes a mechanical system to transport cars to and from parking spaces in a way that eliminates the space wasted in a multi-story parking garage.

A technician works in a multi-story parking garage, the second one under construction, in Tongzhou District of southeastern Beijing, April 5, 2016.

The project can maximize the number of parking spaces by providing parking area for 16 cars where traditionally there was space for 2.5 vehicles.

The new parking system can alleviate parking problems in Beijing's government departments and densely-populated residential areas.

Drivers can use a mobile app to locate the parking space, get their car, and even charge their electric car.

A pilot project designed to stack cars vertically on multiple levels of parking is waiting for green light before being put into use in Tongzhou District, southeastern Beijing, April 5, 2016.

The plan, developed by a private engineering enterprise in Beijing, utilizes a mechanical system to transport cars to and from parking spaces in a way that eliminates the space wasted in a multi-story parking garage. It can maximize the number of parking spaces by providing parking area for 16 cars where traditionally there was space for 2.5 vehicles.

Drivers can use a mobile app to locate the parking space, get their car, and even charge their electric car.

Credit: China Daily