VEHICULAR CAMERA ASSEMBLY WITH ENHANCED LENS CLEANING

A vehicular camera module includes a camera and a cover assembly including a housing having inner and outer housing portions. The inner housing portion accommodates a transparent cover. The camera views through the cover and an outer surface of the cover is exposed exterior of the vehicle. The inner housing portion and the cover are rotatable relative to the camera. A perimeter region of the cover is recessed into the inner housing portion. A plurality of drainage channels extend radially along an outer surface of the inner housing portion and are coplanar with or recessed from the perimeter region of the outer surface of the cover. A motor operates to rotate the cover relative to the outer housing portion and the camera, which sheds moisture at the outer surface of the cover so that the moisture flows from the outer surface of the cover along the drainage channels.