New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

[Scott Danforth]

I remember GM had those on some models in the early 1950's.

Caddy's Autronic eye. released in 1952

 

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Caddy's Autronic eye. released in 1952

Had to google it, my dad never had a caddy so I never saw one of those. A ray gun mounted on the dash goes well with the fins.

 

[FLATHEAD]

The oldest boy had a Honda pickup with all the gizmos and gadgets. Went to move it in my driveway once and as soon as I put it in reverse it started playing a video of someone running over a lawnmower.

 

[bruceb58]

That's very cool, you put the juice in the bank and withdraw as needed.

Yep...they even call it the bank on my electric bill. The excess even pays the baseline connect fee so the bill is zero. The payback is around 5 years where I live. I am also insulated against future rate hikes which essentially makes the payback a little sooner.

I am lucky that I am with a city run electric company. People that are with PGE, SCE don't get the one to one reimbursement so they would have to go with a battery system that basically doubles the payback period.

 

[bruceb58]

I do not like the auto dimming headlights

On my Rivian, it doesn't really have auto dimming. The Rivian has adaptive headlights which means the headlight is made up of multiple pixels so it only lowers the brightness of the pixels aiming toward the oncoming vehicle or pedestrian, so you still have full power for the pixels aimed at the road in front of you. I had my doubts about it before I drove the car but it works remarkably well.

 

[Jeff J]

How does the adaptive headlights work for the person looking at them? Maybe it’s just me getting older but I seem to meet a lot of newer vehicles that are a hazard because their headlights are so bright that I can’t see the pavement in front of me nor the white line to follow on the right. No way for me to know if the driver is just an a-hole or if the new technology is for the benefit of those driving behind it with a total disregard for oncoming traffic.