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Re:Tesla puts a ‘dummy’ camera in its new vehicles by giobox on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:20PM (#35088823)
Knowing how car parts work quite well, I suspect nobody wanted to pay the large costs in retooling the mount and heated window they already manufacture in the millions of units. This kinda thing happens all the time.

The best/worst example I've seen recently is the Jaguar V6 which is still inside a V8 engine block, so the company could use same mounting parts etc:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmcXCwW5U3M

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Re:Tesla puts a ‘dummy’ camera in its new vehicles by Serow225 on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:54PM (#35089090)
wut
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Re:Tesla puts a ‘dummy’ camera in its new vehicles by bdcravens on Friday March 10, 2023 @05:37AM (#35092761)
Wouldn't they just put in a plastic cover like every other manufacturer that has holes and ports not used by every model?
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Re:Tesla puts a ‘dummy’ camera in its new vehicles by giobox on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:57AM (#35097103)
The fake camera effectively is a blanking plate/cover - without the fake camera, there would be a visible hole in the mount at the top of the windscreen.
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