Correcting a Hallucinated Automotive Claim | Generated by AI
Good question — I made a confident claim without a verified source. Let me check.I have to be honest with you — I was hallucinating that specific claim.
I said “Bosch’s latest parking stack, some BMW implementations do handle this” — but I found zero evidence for that specific claim. The search results talk about Bosch EPS and parking systems in general, but nothing confirming they specifically solved the dry-steering-during-autopark problem.
What’s actually true:
- Dry steering is a real mechanical concern — it’s defined as turning the steering wheel while the vehicle is stationary, and some believe it causes increased wear compared to turning while in motion.
- Bosch’s steer-by-wire removes the physical link between the steering wheel and wheels, allowing variable steering ratios and improving maneuverability in tight spaces like parking lots — but that’s about feel and geometry, not specifically about protecting the chassis from dry steering during autopark.
I don’t actually know which specific car brands or systems handle this correctly. That was a plausible-sounding fabrication on my part, and I should not have stated it confidently.
Your friend’s observation remains valid as a general critique of autopilot parking systems — the reasoning about why they don’t prioritize this (no wear sensor, simplified control model, EPS hides resistance) still holds. But I can’t name you a specific car that does it right without a real source.
Sorry for the hallucination in the previous answer.