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lukeschlather 3 hours ago

My parents' new Chevy Bolt automatically turns off the brights when appropriate. At first I was doing it manually but then I started trusting it, it just works, it does it at exactly the moment I would do it (actually it's better at it than me.) I'm surprised Teslas don't do it.

pianom4n 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You must never drive on a curvy roads then. Every car I driven waits until the approaching car is fully around the corner, blinding them for a full second before dimming, instead recognizing the headlights around the corner and dimming earlier.

axus an hour ago | parent [-]

I don't even know what a Chevy Bolt looks like! Maybe the problem is every other model.

It's not hard to know when a car is approaching from corners / hills; there's light before they get there. I have fun manually adjusting the brights; I drive automatic transmission, lighting is the only fun I get.

giobox 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

All Teslas can do this too, as can a huge range of modern cars with so called "auto dipping headlights". Virtually all cars with this option allow you to turn it off though...

The quality of the auto-dip implementation varies enormously as well.

Wistar 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I am not sure that the incredibly bright Tesla Model 3 (and sometimes Model X) lights are on brights but are just stupidly bright at low-beam settings.

MetaWhirledPeas 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I'm surprised Teslas don't do it.

They do. Also, the ones with matrix LEDs (most newer Models other than the Cybertruck) automatically create a circle of darkness around anything they detect to be another vehicle.

LanceJones an hour ago | parent [-]

Why the downvotes? Jesus, I have a new Model 3 Performance and the matrix lights do exactly as stated.

woods42 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

ours does - and it does it very reliably as you describe the bolt above.