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Car mirrors are history
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Earlier this month, BMW demonstrated in Las Vegas at CES 2015 hybrid supercar i8, devoid of mirrors. Our editorial team it is very vpechatlil.Kontsept i8 Mirrorless got a couple of cameras on elegant legs, which, according to German engineers, provide a much better overview over conventional mirrors.
Moreover - the head of the Department of perspective development of BMW Elmar Frikenshtayn said that such a system can appear in a production car for three years.
Perhaps the first model left without mirrors, will present the BMW 7 Series, which is expected planned restyling just in 2019.
Besides improve safety, tangible advantage of the system can also be considered reduction of fuel consumption as a result of improved aerodynamics of the body.
However, to replace the mirrors on the car manufacturers will have to wait for the camera corresponding changes in the legislation, which in many countries prohibits the operation of a vehicle without a set of mirrors in the usual places.
via www.popmech.ru/vehicles/235305-avtomobilnye-zerkala-zadnego-vida-uydut-v-istoriyu/
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