Say goodbye to windshield wipers with Tesla's new laser technology

Elon Musk companies have always been at the forefront of technology. Every time we have seen advances that are really interesting and the latest patent registered by the company proves it. Today we are going to tell you everything you need to know about this and what is known so far.

Tesla's new patent

The company recently obtained a patent number 11,110,896 B2 which refers to a laser beam wiper. The name that tesla has placed on this patent is as follows: Pulsed laser cleaning of debris on vehicle glassware and photovoltaic elements.

This patent was filed two years ago and was approved on September 7 of this year. The technology is already in development and everything indicates that we will be able to see a first version of these in the Tesla Cybertruck. The new electric pickup created by the company. However, these are only assumptions and we will have to wait to find out whether or not it will have this technology.

In case the assumptions are correct, we could be seeing laser beam cars on the road by 2022.

Wiper of the future

Surely you are wondering what this technology consists of and how it works. The truth is that not much is known yet, but it indicates that it would shoot a laser beam at stains or dirt that could be found on the glass. In short, these new windshield wipers would burn anything that was on the glass without the laser ever penetrating the glass.

Without a doubt, this is a technology that can change the way in which the glass on our windshields is cleaned. In any case, we will still have to wait to see how this new technology works.

This isn't Tesla's only invention for windshield wipers

These laser beam windshield wipers aren't the only laser-related invention that Tesla has worked on. Work has also been done on windshield wipers that use an electromagnetic system to move along the windshield.

These work automatically by a rain and snow detection system. This windshield wiper design is a bit more "real" than lasers. In any case, both inventions would revolutionize the industry forever.

Are these laser wipers safe to use?

This is probably one of the most common questions people can ask themselves. And it is that having a laser beam pointing towards the glass of the car can generate many doubts.

The truth is that the details of the operation are not known, but obviously this is something that the company will have thought about. Either the power of the lasers is limited so that they cannot pass through the windshield or special glass is used. In any case, this should not be a concern, because surely Tesla already has it solved.