I saw that EVannex was testing a shield to keep rain off the lens, but no idea if that would help with crud. It was in one of the Model 3 Owner's videos a while ago. Haven't seen it yet in production on their site.
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My LEAF didn't quite have this kind of issue. I live in Chicago. We get snow and municipalities use heavy rock salt in the winter. Model S gets way more easily gunked. They designed it so it is more exposed. That being said, I only clean mine once a week at most. I find it stays clean enough if there isn't a major snow storm. Even then a quick wipe works wonders.
Is it annoying? Yes. Does it require daily cleaning? No, far from it. I just wish it was like my LEAF and required once a month cleaning instead of weekly.
sledhead36
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DO NOT USE THIS! It drys to a matte finish!
eye.surgeon
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emchen
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Wonder how difficult it would be to install something like this:
CamWash Vehicle Camera Washing System
Looks like Nissan is using an innovative solution as well:
The self-cleaning rear view camera that plays a very important role
CamWash Vehicle Camera Washing System
Looks like Nissan is using an innovative solution as well:
The self-cleaning rear view camera that plays a very important role
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emchen
Member
Seems like Nissan is using technology from the flexible endoscopy world. Water and air stream to clean the camera of dirt instead of / in addition to feces, although it is manually activated when endoscopists use it. But Tesla should definitely first roll it out in "shadow mode", add a manual clean button, upload data from the fleet for verification, apply deep learning algorithms, and 6 months later, you'll have auto-self-clean rear view camera!
Haxster
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A miniaturized version of this could do the trick:
Patent Images
Keep in mind, the wiper is actually stationary. The clear circular lens cover rotates when needed.
Patent Images
Keep in mind, the wiper is actually stationary. The clear circular lens cover rotates when needed.
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lunitiks
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Haxster
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Afraid not.
The invention was originally inspired by seeing front-mounted cameras on race cars getting quickly fouled up by weather and track debris. The wipers over the camera lens were annoying to see on TV...especially when they were swinging across the full image. And their benefits were short-lived during bad weather conditions.
The notion of a continuous-clean lens cover with no wiper obstruction seemed like a good solution. Of course, HP wasn't in the race car camera business, so additional claims and fields of use were added to the patent.
GasKilla
No Gas Know Peace
Someone should tweet this problem to Elon then he'll have engineering fix it in a week. It isn't a problem until Elon knows about it ...
Well, I think he has to know about this one. Doesn't he drive Teslas?! I know it nevers rains in Southern California, but really now... (that's a joke, for those that don't get the reference....)
Dborn
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lunitiks
Cool James & Black Teacher
The vw system has the camera in the body behind the rear logo, when selecting reverse the logo flips up and the camera is exposed.
Akikiki
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Oh gosh, shucks, wow, now I am famous. Getting the big head. nice of lunitiks to notice me.
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