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That has been slowly but surely trickling down. I think the high trim Honda Civics have auto wipers now. The new tech these days is to spray fluid out of the w

That has been slowly but surely trickling down. I think the high trim Honda Civics have auto wipers now. The new tech these days is to spray fluid out of the wipers themselves. The blades have a lot of holes laser cut into them, as the blades move across the windshield they spray fluid just an inch ahead of the blade. It's starting to become very common in the luxury car brands, even the lower tier Lexueses and BMWs are getting them as the newer gen cars are released. It doesn't sound particularly cool, but when you try using them it is a very nice feature to have.

a_t48 5y ago
My Jetta GLI has automatic wipers, I don't quite trust them yet, though. Seattle rain has a way of making things hard to see without much actual liquid happening.
ntr-- 5y ago
That sounds like a very effective way to replace cheap, generic, easily replaceable windscreen wipers with expensive, high margin, brand specific wipers.
- seszett 5y ago
  On my old Peugeot 405 (from 1990) that was done by an additional tube attached to the metal of the wipers. The wipers themselves were just standard and not especially expensive. It was interesting but I didn't find it especially better. They moved away from this and the later models just have normal sprayers. Maybe the very latest have that again, I don't know.