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The All-Electric Honda e is Bringing its Side View Mirrors Inside

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 29 2019, @12:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the seeing-what's-around-you dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Honda e, the compact electric vehicle that’s coming to market in spring 2020, is bringing its side-view mirrors inside. The company confirmed Tuesday that its side-camera-mirror system, which was on the prototype version, will be a standard feature when the car enters production.  The side-ca...

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/28/the-all-electric-honda-e-is-bringing-its-side-view-mirrors-inside/

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by hemocyanin on Wednesday May 29 2019, @01:07AM (1 child)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Wednesday May 29 2019, @01:07AM (#848725) Journal

    Like a lazy fuck, I just watched the video. When I went back to RTFA:

    Honda argues that the tech reduces aerodynamic drag by 90% compared to conventional door mirrors, for an overall 3.8% improvement for the entire vehicle.

    That's worth it in my book -- an extra 3.8 miles on a 100 mile battery.

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  • (Score: 2) by Rich on Wednesday May 29 2019, @09:24AM

    by Rich (945) on Wednesday May 29 2019, @09:24AM (#848828) Journal

    ... an overall 3.8% improvement for the entire vehicle. ...
    That's worth it in my book -- an extra 3.8 miles on a 100 mile battery.

    Not quite. You have to consider friction (roughly constant with speed) vs. drag (roughly square with speed). Drag will be negligible in local traffic and about half of the total rolling resistance at highway speeds. Even 1% is nothing to frown at when fast speeds are half of the mix - but it has to be balanced against the likelihood and cost of the complex system breaking (1000 money are 1% of 100000 money). OTOH, you could just make the whole car a little lower.