[BeetleB]

> Rear view cameras are better than rear view mirrors. The field of view is better.

Rear view cameras are useless when mud/rain get on them. Mirrors continue to work just fine.

Try living in Seattle.

[RajT88]

Me and my wife's car have both rear mirrors and backup cameras. I use both. Cars should have both.

I would not mind rear facing cameras for checking blind spots on the highway.

[formerly_proven]

There are some good designs which prevent them from getting dirty. For example, Mercedes and VW put them in the rear badge and they're only exposed when needed.

[barrkel]

Rear view mirrors are needed all the time. We're not talking about reversing cameras here.

[croes]

> Rear view cameras are better than rear view mirrors. The field of view is better.

Oh yes, we are

[barrkel]

Rear view cameras are not a replacement for rear view mirrors, is my point. You use the two for different things. A rear view camera trying to replace a mirror would need a cleaning and wiping solution, something that we use rear window wipers for with analogue mirrors.

[formerly_proven]

Which one is meant seems to be a major point of confusion in the thread.

[BeetleB]

We're talking about replacing mirrors. They're always needed!

[stasomatic]

Digital rear view cams are a thing too. My car has one now when I drive a car without one I feel handicapped.

[BeetleB]

Weird comment. This whole thread is about them. Of course I know it's a thing. My question is how do you look in the rear when mud is on the camera? Or lots of water droplets?

[stasomatic]

I don’t understand what you are asking. I drive in very rainy Miami and I haven’t had an issue, but not much mud here. I do have a rear wiper and the mirror can be switched to analog.

[BeetleB]

The thread is about cars that don't have an analog rear view mirror.

(Personally, I didn't know that was a thing, but I do know people in older cars buy rear view camera mirrors where they replace the analog one).

[stasomatic]

Apologies, I didn’t grasp that the Luce didn’t have an actual rear view mirror, the kind with mirrored surface. I couldn’t find any pics online. My Hyundai I5’s just flips between analog and digital with a pull on the housing. So does my brother’s Blazer EV and my dad’s Lexus TX, this isn’t new.

I’d think lacking an analog mirror would run afoul of some regulation, but then there’s that Polastar that doesn’t have a rear window:) Cheers.