Re:Tesla Software Version 10.0
by the_angry_angel on Friday September 27, 2019 @02:40AM
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How well does the auto wipe behave on Tesla’s? I’ve owned multiple cars with the feature over the last 10 years - the only one which has ever got it close was a Lexus (quite some time ago). The rest I’ve had and still need to constantly police.
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It's a solved problem on newer cars.
What I want next is an automatic sunscreen that slides down based on sensing the angle of the sunlight. I think there is also technology to dynamically darken glass that could be used. I hereby grant a free perpetual license to auto manufacturers to use this idea. :)
> I think there is also technology to dynamically darken glass that could be used.
Looked into it previously. Even if you got it to work, it likely would not be street legal, as there are pretty strict regulations on what part of the windshield can or cannot be tinted.
I haven't had to manually turn on the wipers, but I have had to turn them off on one or two occasions when the computer _thought_ it was raining for some reason.
Works OK on my 2016 Seat Alhambra. There's a little control that lets you adjust frequency/sensitivity on the wiper stalk.
It's behaved very well for me. There was only one instance when I was in a drive thru that it wiped the window even though it was dry, not sure if it was because the angle of the sunlight hitting some dirt or something.
I have a fairly new car, one of VW's brands, and at best I twiddle with the sensitivity a bit from time to time, but that's mostly unnecessary.
I don't know about other cars, but on my 2014 Passat it works flawlessly. I don't remember ever having to manually touch it.
Re:Tesla Software Version 10.0
by theshrike79 on Friday September 27, 2019 @06:56AM
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2012 Passat and two Priuses (2nd and 3rd gen), all worked 95% of the time.