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Vertically ascending and descending 17 floors, no need to back up to enter the garage, cars move to the designated floor by elevator to find a parking space, smart operation throughout the entire process, average car pickup time of only 86 seconds. …… The Wuhan Guanggu Finance Port Public Parking Lot was almost completed on September 2. The Science and Technology Daily reported. Located in the center of a densely populated, urban function area, the smart parking garage has 17 vertically elevated floors, is 45.4 meters high, and has one floor underground. The smart parking garage looks like a huge “glass case” and is built in the form of a smart multi-level mechanical garage plus related facilities. Cars will move up and down, left and right, inside the parking garage. Parking in this parking lot is simple and stress-free, even for novice parkers. Exits and entrances are located on both the north and south sides of the lot, each with three parking spaces, allowing three cars to enter and park at the same time, without having to back up. Once a car enters the designated platform at the entrance, the driver turns off the engine, gets out of the car, and exits the parking lot. The cars are then sent by a transport device to a “vertical elevator” in the shaft. Several sensors are installed in the parking space at the entrance of the parking lot and in the “vertical elevator”. They sense if the car is parked in the right position, and then it rises at a rate of 90 meters per minute to enter the parking space on the floor where it is smartly distributed by the system. The entire process is operated smartly, with an average car pickup time of only 86 seconds, eliminating the need to search for a parking space and then return to it. The parking lot is currently only available for standard passenger cars and SUVs, not larger vehicles. Once in use, it will meet the demand for parking in the surrounding area and provide a more convenient and smooth smart parking environment for nearby residents.