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Old Apr 30, 2023 | 08:27 AM
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I am being told yes and no. I am interested in knowing definitively if the C8 has Intellibeam or equivalent, where the lights automatically shift to high beams if no oncoming traffic etc. I have it in my BMW and not manually shifting from full to dim etc is useful. I’m not talking about auto dimming mirrors or setting the lights to automatically come on, I’m talking about automatic high/low beams.

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2020-2023: No
2024+: Yes
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2020-2023: No
2024+: Yes
Thank You. Hoping it’s standard on the E-Ray then.
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Thank You. Hoping it’s standard on the E-Ray then.
Should be.
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As mentioned above, it should be on 2024+, the real question is will it be part of one of the trim levels? My guess is it will require 2LT/Z or higher trim. Having had Intellibeam and the equivalent on several cars (wife's 2016 Caddy ELR, and three different Grand Cherokees), it's not something that I'm 100% sold on. It always seems like it's calibrated to be way too conservative, shutting off if you have oncoming headlights miles away, taillights way ahead of you, or even streetlights. The good thing is that you can always turn it off if you don't like how it functions and control it manually.
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Originally Posted by EvanZR1
As mentioned above, it should be on 2024+, the real question is will it be part of one of the trim levels? My guess is it will require 2LT/Z or higher trim. Having had Intellibeam and the equivalent on several cars (wife's 2016 Caddy ELR, and three different Grand Cherokees), it's not something that I'm 100% sold on. It always seems like it's calibrated to be way too conservative, shutting off if you have oncoming headlights miles away, taillights way ahead of you, or even streetlights. The good thing is that you can always turn it off if you don't like how it functions and control it manually.
Agreed, my wife’s grocery getter is very sensitive, whereas my SUV is very robust. You are right IMO that it will probably require a 2 or 3 level trim. I have searched the web high and low and cannot find anything that mentions C8+Intellibeam; sure Tahoe, cobalt and a few other models but nothing on the C8.

First world problems I guess.


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