Audi’s digital rearview mirror technology will soon trickle down from the R18 Le Mans racer into the production R8 e-tron, making it the world’s first passenger car with a digital rearview display.The electric R8 e-tron, like the R18 racer, has no rear window, so it relies on a camera and monitor system for its rear views.
A small, built-in camera covers a much larger field of vision than a conventional rearview mirror. The color, 7.7-inch display appears where a conventional rearview mirror would be, and features self-illuminatingAMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology. Audi says that switching times are only a few milliseconds regardless of the ambient temperature. Audi claims that the display produces a “consistent high-contrast, brilliant image,” and prevents headlight glare from other vehicles during nighttime driving. The driver can also dim or deactivate the display at any time.
Small-scale R8 e-tron production starts at the end of this year
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