Rummaging around for coins at the car park could soon be a thing of past if a new wireless payment system being tested by German premium manufacture Audi catches on.
At its headquarters in Ingolstadt, the Volkswagen subsidiary is working on a pilot system called "Connect" which would enable the driver to pay car-park fees wirelessly and without getting out of the vehicle, reports the motoring gazette Autobild.
The carmaker is cooperating with the IFG car park company of Germany, which administers 6,200 spaces in multi-storey and underground garages in the Bavarian city.
A RFID (radio frequency identification) transmitter attached to the windscreen of the car sends a signal to a reader on the car park barrier which permits entry and exit providing the correct fee has been paid.
Audi plans to equip 13,000 cars with the device as a pilot project before making the system generally available at the end of the year.
At its headquarters in Ingolstadt, the Volkswagen subsidiary is working on a pilot system called "Connect" which would enable the driver to pay car-park fees wirelessly and without getting out of the vehicle, reports the motoring gazette Autobild.
The carmaker is cooperating with the IFG car park company of Germany, which administers 6,200 spaces in multi-storey and underground garages in the Bavarian city.
A RFID (radio frequency identification) transmitter attached to the windscreen of the car sends a signal to a reader on the car park barrier which permits entry and exit providing the correct fee has been paid.
Audi plans to equip 13,000 cars with the device as a pilot project before making the system generally available at the end of the year.
