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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/
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @12:07PM (1 child)
I don't get it. Yes, many people live in the city.. fine... and so there are all these street lights at night.
Now.. there are two things here, well three, but two city related. First? There is power savings, and second there is "saving the night" movement.
Those two mean some cities are turning off street lights in many places.
And if you live in the country, there are no street lights. Sometimes (gasp!) for hundreds of kilometers!
Anyone look at a cell phone at night when driving? Even when dimmed? Yes, it fucks your night vision up. And so will this, too.
It *should* remain illegal in the US, and I hope it remains illegal here.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Thursday May 30 2019, @07:12PM
So do the headlights of the guy behind you in your rear-view mirror. If they build it right this thing could actually *protect* your night vision by dimming or even shifting the spectrum of the incoming light.