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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by ms512 on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @07:21PM (#42313255)
Some cars already do this, like Tesla's Adaptive Headlights feature [1].

[1] https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_sg/GUID-1C20964...

Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by mistercheph on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @02:25AM (#42315215)
Tesla's are the worst offenders outside of big trucks imo
Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by close04 on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @03:33AM (#42315576)
> High beams are currently turned on, and Adaptive Headlights is ready to turn off the high beams if light is detected in front of Model 3.

The description makes it sound like the Tesla implementation of "Adaptive headlights" is actually just "automatic high beams". The most common extra feature of adaptive headlights is corner-adaptive, the ability to pivot into the direction of travel. For the past years adaptive headlights could even mean "smart headlights" with selective dimming. Does Tesla include these features as well?

Anecdotally I can say that what stands out with (some?) Tesla headlights is that they keep the high beams shining for way too long and even the low beams seem to be overly bright. I can't say if this is down to the driver manually controlling the high beams or the general calibration of the incoming light sensor and the auto leveling of the headlight.