It's OFFICIAL - 2020 Clarity PHEV in US

Discussion in 'Clarity' started by David in TN, Jan 16, 2020.

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  1. I get your point. In many cases one can benefit indirectly by leading the car. The lessor benefits from the credit and can give some of that relief in turn to the lessee.
     
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  3. Facebook poster saw 12-14 new Claritys on a dealer lot in Tacoma, WA.

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  4. lanb

    lanb Active Member

    So, is there any difference between the 2018/19 and 2020 clarity's other than the supposed rain sensing wipers which
    may or may not be a copywriter error ?

    BTW, Lexus has had rain sensing wipers back from 2007 at least :)
     
  5. insightman

    insightman Well-Known Member Subscriber

    So far the only difference appears to be the pedestrian warning noise (Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System) shutting off whenever the engine is running. Honda, too, has rain-sensing wiper technology, but it doesn't include it in all their cars.
     
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  6. Sthomasa

    Sthomasa Member

    And you could pay this much with options!!
     

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  8. Kerbe

    Kerbe Well-Known Member

    I posted that because you wrote this: "The feature that you’ve described simply turns on the head lights, in some instances, when the wipers are activated, which must be done manually on current models." I understood you to be saying that current models did not automatically turn on the lights when the wipers were activated - that the driver needed to do it manually.
     
  9. The wipers must be activated manually.

    Under certain conditions (headlights set to Auto, wipers activated a certain number of times within a certain period of time) activating the wipers manually will automatically turn on the headlights. The headlights will also automatically turn off after the wipers have been inactive for a certain period of time.

    Headlight Integration with Wipers can also be disabled.
     
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  10. David in TN

    David in TN Well-Known Member

    According to the 2020 Owner's Manual - the Acoustic Vehicle Alerting system now operates up to 22 mph, where previously I think it only operated to 12 mph?
     
  11. Kerbe

    Kerbe Well-Known Member

    Correct!
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  13. insightman

    insightman Well-Known Member Subscriber

    Does it say anything about operating only when the ICE is not running?
     
  14. David in TN

    David in TN Well-Known Member

    From the 2020 Manual:

    Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System
    Alerts pedestrians when the vehicle transmission is in a position other than (P and
    is traveling at speeds of 22 mph (36 km/h) or less.
     
  15. JCA

    JCA Active Member

    Interesting -- much higher speed, and there's no mention of a Canadian model button to disable anymore. And with the added wording about the transmission other than P, does it now play even when the car isn't moving but is in "D"?

    We definitely need someone who gets a 2020 to report back on the sound and behavior; hopefully side by side with a 2019!
     
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