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by ms512 557 days ago
Some cars already do this, like Tesla's Adaptive Headlights feature [1].

[1] https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_sg/GUID-1C20964...

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> High beams are currently turned on, and Adaptive Headlights is ready to turn off the high beams if light is detected in front of Model 3.

The description makes it sound like the Tesla implementation of "Adaptive headlights" is actually just "automatic high beams". The most common extra feature of adaptive headlights is corner-adaptive, the ability to pivot into the direction of travel. For the past years adaptive headlights could even mean "smart headlights" with selective dimming. Does Tesla include these features as well?

Anecdotally I can say that what stands out with (some?) Tesla headlights is that they keep the high beams shining for way too long and even the low beams seem to be overly bright. I can't say if this is down to the driver manually controlling the high beams or the general calibration of the incoming light sensor and the auto leveling of the headlight.

Tesla's are the worst offenders outside of big trucks imo