Mercedes-Benz debuts Inrix Off-Street Parking in Europe and US

The Inrix Off-Street Parking service is now available in the Mercedes-Benz E-Class in Europe and coming to the US this summer, a newly-integrated feature which drivers to easily find, compare and navigate to available off-street parking spaces using the COMAND infotainment system. Inrix Off-Street Parking provides drivers with real-time parking information that includes routes to the closest garage locations, detailed rates, limitations and restrictions and real-time occupancy. It offers access to a comp
June 8, 2016 Read time: 1 min
The 163 Inrix Off-Street Parking service is now available in the Mercedes-Benz E-Class in Europe and coming to the US this summer, a newly-integrated feature which drivers to easily find, compare and navigate to available off-street parking spaces using the COMAND infotainment system.

Inrix Off-Street Parking provides drivers with real-time parking information that includes routes to the closest garage locations, detailed rates, limitations and restrictions and real-time occupancy. It offers access to a comprehensive and accurate parking database that includes more than 29 million confirmed spaces in over 90,000 accessible locations spanning 4,000 cities in 64 countries.

The service only displays publicly accessible, non-restricted parking spaces, including both free and fee-paying locations, so users are never misrouted to locations that are unavailable to the general public.
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