Re: [EVDL] a-pillar blind spot (OT)

2019-11-07 Thread Lee Hart via EV
EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: These days it appears that most production EVs are emulating Tesla and slapping tablet-like touch screens in the middle of their instrument panels. They're all "connected," to one extent or another, and they boast that they can link to your mobile phone. It

Re: [EVDL] a-pillar blind spot (OT)

2019-11-07 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 7 Nov 2019 at 15:33, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > Oh no! Let's not give telemarketers yet another way to shove ads in our > faces! These days it appears that most production EVs are emulating Tesla and slapping tablet-like touch screens in the middle of their instrument panels. They're all

Re: [EVDL] a-pillar blind spot (OT)

2019-11-07 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Mr. Sharkey via EV wrote: A 180 degree virtual and actual view of what's around the front and sides of the car is brilliant! My only concern is that telemarkers will figure out a way to add advertising to the view... Oh no! Let's not give telemarketers yet another way to shove ads in our

Re: [EVDL] a-pillar blind spot (OT)

2019-11-07 Thread Lee Hart via EV
From: "Cor van de Water" Car buyers have massively indicated (to market researchers) that they want to feel secure in their cars and they (incorrectly) associate this with tinted and small windows, so they cannot be seen inside their vehicles, that is why especially rear windows have become

Re: [EVDL] a-pillar blind spot (OT)

2019-11-07 Thread Mr. Sharkey via EV
>> (The projector system) has to know exactly where your eye is, to position the image correctly. My understanding is that Tesla already has the ability to program the headrests on seats to follow the movement of the passengers heads so to keep the cushion directly behind as a safety feature.

Re: [EVDL] a-pillar blind spot (OT)

2019-11-07 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 7 Nov 2019 at 11:17, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > Side question: Why has it become fashionable to reduce the size of > windows as much as possible (creating huge pillars and reducing > visibility), and then painting an inch or more of the edges black? I may be remembering incorrectly, but I

Re: [EVDL] a-pillar blind spot (OT)

2019-11-07 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
or even a severe pothole, a window can bust as it is glued in to add to the stiffness. Cor. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Lee Hart via EV Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2019 9:18 AM To: Peri Hartman; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: Lee Hart Subject: Re: [EVDL] a-pillar blind spot (OT

Re: [EVDL] a-pillar blind spot (OT)

2019-11-07 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Peri Hartman via EV wrote: teenager design system to eliminate blind spot caused by the A-pillar It works by using a camera to capture, from the driver's point of view, what would be blocked by the pillar. Then, that image is projected onto the pillar itself, effectively making the pillar