Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Yes - it will be interesting to see what changes are made along the way.

Law makers are already struggling to keep up with technology.

Recently I’ve seen a big increase in people using watches to control functions of phones in cars, answer message etc. that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Mirror cameras, digital rear view mirrors etc are far more efficient and effective. The Cybertruck (and all Tesla) has a 360 camera set up and is more aware of vehicles around it than a normal vehicle.

As you say - good example is my nephew is having issues trying to fit rear view cameras to the caravan conversion he is doing on a bus at the moment. They are not (yet?) a legal substitute for cameras (in NSW at least).

Originally Posted by Tombie

Mirror cameras, digital rear view mirrors etc are far more efficient and effective.

Hi,
I have a Saftey Dave rear camera to see what is directly behind me.
It works brilliantly most of the time, but has problems with some lighting conditions.
I turn it off at night, even on the lowest screen brightness it is too bright. A less line of sight screen position may solve this one.
A low rear sun dazzles the camera turning every thing at ground level too dark to see.
Bright white clouds have a similar effect. Moving the camera to a higher mounting point may solve this one.
Cheers

What is it like after a few hundred kilometres of dusty or muddy road?

I have to say based on previous Elon musk performance with the price of the Model 3 , I am pretty sceptical of what the price will be.

The Model 3 was touted as a USD30K car and only in the last few months has a stripper 30K model even been available.
I read recently that the average price of a Model 3 is USD 50K.

Whether this is from demand or what they build and then force customers into I do not know, but the tenor of the article I read is that it is production driven, and that Tesla makes nothing and may lose money on a 30K Model3.

And this was an article by a Tesla Fan boy site.

Regards PhilipA
You have to remember that Teslas in the USA anyway are most commonly a 5th car according to research a couple of years ago. What better way to show your AWOKEness that by also having a ute as well as your F150 etc etc .

Originally Posted by JDNSW

What is it like after a few hundred kilometres of dusty or muddy road?

No worse than your windows after the same drive.

Why couldn’t that be solved by an auto washer

Originally Posted by JDNSW

What is it like after a few hundred kilometres of dusty or muddy road?

My reversing camera was fine after 3000 Ks of outback Queensland dust, just needed a quick wash.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

What is it like after a few hundred kilometres of dusty or muddy road?

I have more problems with a resident spider and his or her web