Until now, almost all dash cams with a parking mode have required a more involved installation than simply being stuck to the windshield and connected to a power socket. These modes, which wake the dash cam up when a collision is detected while your car is parked and switched off, usually draw power from your vehicle’s fuse box or, more recently, from the OBDII port. Either way, that requires running a cable and, in the case of the former, often a professional installation.
This dash cam hopes to change all that with the simple addition of a solar panel. It’s called the Baseus PrimeTrip VD1 Pro, and it has a parking mode that works just like any other – but, crucially, it doesn’t require power from the fuse box or OBDII port.
