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> Tesla vehicles lack a rain sensor. Here’s how a proper rain sensor works https://youtu.be/TLm7Q92xMjQ?si=Yb-_TBYbPIuPXk_p https://youtu.be/TLm7Q92xMjQ?si=Yb-
by kayodelycaon 2y ago
> Tesla vehicles lack a rain sensor.
Here’s how a proper rain sensor works https://youtu.be/TLm7Q92xMjQ?si=Yb-_TBYbPIuPXk_p https://youtu.be/TLm7Q92xMjQ?si=Yb-_TBYbPIuPXk_p
- pseudosavant 2y agoGood thing Tesla saves $1 on a few IR LEDs and photoresistors. That $50000 Model 3 is now $49999.
- thebruce87m 2y agoYep, and if you sell 10 million of them you have saved 10 million dollars.
- pseudosavant 2y agoIt would seem like you could sense rain hitting the roof through its acoustic signature using a contact piezo mic. That'd probably have a much larger effective sensing area than the IR sensor.
- kayodelycaon 2y agoYou don't need a large sensor area or complex audio analysis. A spot with a few IR diodes on the windshield is going to get wet if it's raining hard enough to need wipers.
- sundvor 2y agoGreat video. Tesla cars would just be so much better with these, it's kind of infuriating. (Also the rear cross alert pings from my old (MT Sedan) Mazda 3 Astina '14 is something I miss greatly.) Having said that, the wipers in my LR3'22 work pretty well and I am not really giving it that much thought. I keep the area clean and wipe the blades down regularly. I do like how easy it is to engage the wiper service mode to be able to lift the blades; no manual required. There was a time when perhaps I didn't keep the area that clean and found I couldn't really use cruise control on a highway drive without the wipers going nuts in the dry, fortunately it's been a while since I've experienced that - upgraded behaviour, perhaps.