This self-driving valet service is one of the smartest ways to use driverless cars

Mercedez-Benz and Bosch want to take the hassle of finding a parking spot out of your life forever. 

The two companies are teaming up to create the world's first self-driving valet service at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. The service will eventually allow Mercedes-Benz drivers to hand the wheel over to their cars, which will take control and park themselves.

The project in its current form offers museum visitors a ride into the facility via a fleet of driverless cars, which are summoned via a smartphone app from a predetermined pickup area. Passengers are delivered at the museum doors, then the cars drive themselves to an assigned space in the multi-level garage and park.  Read more...