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Originally Posted by Tcoat
"...Instead, there’s a camera for rear view. Polestar says that this camera enables greater rear visibility for the driver, since instead of looking through a small aperture of the rear window, the camera can offer a wide-angle view behind the car. The camera pipes video onto a screen where the rear-view mirror would normally be."
That sounds pretty sweet to me!
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The main problem with that is the near-focus needed for a screen vs. a mirror. For low speed maneuvering (like parking) it's no big deal, but a quick peek at the mirror on the highway will now take longer as your eyes will need to focus from far to near and back to far.
With that being said, this is not super new, with other cars having a camera based rear view mirror (like the C8 Corvette, granted with a real mirror included as well) and even side mirrors (like the EUDM Audi e-tron or Honda e).