A: In most of these systems, a rain sensor is located on the inside of the windshield behind the rear view mirror. Infrared light is projected outward through the windshield glass at a 45 degree angle ...

Volvo Trucks has requested an exemption from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to allow the placement of rain and ambient light detection sensors on Volvo’s trucks lower in the ...

Car rain sensors are smart things. The most common ones work using an infrared beam that is directed onto the windshield from inside the car. When the glass is wet, less light is bounced back to the ...

Cars are packed to the gunwales these days with sensors, hand-holding driver-assist systems, and various arcane doodads that serve to isolate the driver from the actual physical act of driving. The ...

The 2022-model-year refresh for the GMC Sierra 1500 introduces a wealth of changes and updates over the preceding 2021 model year and pre-refresh 2022 GMC Sierra 1500 Limited. Among these is the ...

Wiper woes: My SUV’s automatic rain sensor is all wet John Paul, AAA Northeast's Car Doctor, answers a question from a reader who’s having no luck with his new vehicle’s rain-sensing system.

It was long-promised and some were skeptical when CEO Elon Musk said it was coming “very soon” last week, but Tesla finally delivered what we called ‘its most requested feature’‘; automatic sensing ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the automaker is soon going to release new software updates with an upgraded rain-sensing neural net and several Easter Eggs. With the Autopilot 2.0 system, Tesla ...

Dreaming about a little device capable of measuring rainfall or closing a skylight when it starts raining? Recently I found an amazing Optical Rain Gauge introduced by Hydreon Corporation. The RG11 ...