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Re:Tesla recalls nearly half a million Model 3 and Model S cars by alamortsubite on Thursday December 30, 2021 @05:48PM (#29742481)
Lack of rear visibility without a camera is a much more of an issue on newer cars; older cars, which make up the bulk of those "tens of millions", don't have such a serious problem.
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Re:Tesla recalls nearly half a million Model 3 and Model S cars by ghaff on Thursday December 30, 2021 @06:00PM (#29742591)
That's fair. Even when I shopped for a car over a decade ago, it felt like some of the electronic safety systems were making up for lack of the sort of sightlines you had historically. One of the reasons I ended up going with a pretty old-school SUV design even though I didn't have much of an interest in most of the off-road features. Would probably buy the same vehicle today even though it hasn't been updated a lot.
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Re:Tesla recalls nearly half a million Model 3 and Model S cars by alamortsubite on Thursday December 30, 2021 @06:14PM (#29742711)
Yes, and of course there are exceptions. I bought a new Toyota 20 years ago that probably had worse rearward visibility than some of the Teslas that are being recalled.
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