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Audi introduced a car without mirrors. But with screens instead of them

In pursuit of consumers, car manufacturersgo to various tricks in order to stand out from competitors. For example, Audi recently introduced a car in which there are no mirrors. At all. Instead, high-definition displays are installed.

Innovation will appear in the futureAudi E-tron electric crossover, the start of sales of which is scheduled for late 2018 - early 2019. Outside the car, instead of mirrors, cameras are installed that monitor what is happening behind the car. But the displays themselves are located on the front doors of the car. According to the developers themselves, the image from the screens will easily change depending on the desired situation. The camera and image output modes look different for city driving, on a busy highway, and for parking.

The diagonal of "rear view displays" is 7inches, and the image on them can be controlled both from a smartphone and from the dashboard of a car. By the way, instead of the dashboard, an OLED display is also installed. As well as instead of the machine control console. According to eyewitnesses, the presence of such an abundance of screens sets the car apart from the competition. It also became known that some versions of the car will be equipped with a high-quality Bang & Olufsen Premium Sound System, which includes 16 speakers with a total power of 705 watts. Audi representatives shared their plans for the future: after the release of the Audi e-tron, the Audi e-tron GT will be presented in 2020, and by 2020 Audi will also offer customers a new electric car of the same line, but in the premium segment.