For office workers or people who drive to work on weekdays, traffic jams can be managed by adjusting the time of leaving, but parking requires luck and keen eyes. Sometimes, even leaving early does not guarantee finding a parking space, which is why many people choose to take the subway or ride an electric bike to work. To solve this issue, early shopping malls and office buildings would expand parking spaces by digging underground, but this would have a significant impact on waterproofing and construction. As a result, the development of vertical mechanical parking garages has become the preferred solution for most people.
From the outside, mechanical parking garages appear relatively simple and lack design aesthetics, but they can save a lot of time when in use. When these products first entered the market, many people were concerned about the lack of external shell protection, fearing that their cars might fall or get stuck. To address these concerns, manufacturers would incorporate electronic monitoring and human management, install call bells around the garage, or use a mobile app to check the parking situation to reduce vehicle damage caused by garage malfunctions.
During use, people have gained a new understanding of this type of product. After parking the car in the lower space and closing the door, drivers can take their card and leave. The equipment will move the car to an upper space for storage. When the owner intends to leave, they can use the card to move the vehicle to a lower available space without the need for the owner or garage security personnel to intervene.
City malls and office buildings will periodically adjust their internal facilities and layouts, requiring adjustments to the parking of vehicles. If there is subway or pipeline construction in the surrounding area, nearby parking spaces may need to be relocated or occupied. However, this is not a problem for mechanical parking garages. When there are no parked vehicles, the garage can be folded into a smaller device and moved using equipment such as forklifts, without leaving any impact on the original site.