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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: 4, Insightful) by mhajicek on Wednesday May 29 2019, @06:51AM (1 child)

    by mhajicek (51) on Wednesday May 29 2019, @06:51AM (#848808)

    Better than a mirror reflecting the sun straight into my eyes when driving east at sunset.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @11:55AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @11:55AM (#848854)

    > mirror reflecting the sun straight into my eyes

    But it's easy to re-aim the mirror to get the sun out of your eyes temporarily, while still having it show at least something useful about what is behind you.

    The camera can't be re-aimed, only options mentioned in tfl are normal and wide-angle. This may be the show stopper for anyone that drives at sun-up or sun-down?