How is life with exposed external cameras?

[Bullwinkle]

As title. Kind of a pedantic feeling question, but hey.

I've only had a couple cars with constantly-exposed exterior cameras, and especially in the wintertime they become unusable by the time I reach the end of my block. Granted, they were sports cars, so the cameras were placed low and the rear cameras existed in heavily spoiled air.

I think VW (and a few others.. Hyundai, Lexis) did it right with protected reverse cameras that pop out only when they are being used.

How does the R2 (or R1S for that matter) fare in day-to-day use for camera usability and cleanliness? How often do you find yourself explicitly cleaning the cameras, or increasing your wash frequency simply because your cameras are blurry/blocked? It's something I asked at the Rivian store near me and the best answer I got was that "we haven't really heard any complaints about it"

My R1S sees Minnesota and Colorado winters. Both the side-view mirror camera and the rear camera need occasional cleaning. The backup camera may be the single greatest automotive invention.

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[asellus]

The backup camera may be the single greatest automotive invention

does this mean to imply that the backup camera doesn't get dirty, or is this just a tangential statement to the conversation?

 

[Bullwinkle]

does this mean to imply that the backup camera doesn't get dirty, or is this just a tangential statement to the conversation?

totally tangential, sorry

 

[asellus]

no worries! :]

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