Vehicle video systems including rear mounted video cameras

1. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body having a cabin area and a cargo area including a truck bed assembly;

a tailgate assembly that is pivotally connected to the truck bed assembly at a location between a pair of tailgate posts, the tailgate assembly being moveable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration; and

a vehicle video system comprising:

a first rear video camera located on the tailgate assembly that captures a first field of view at least partially rearward of a rear bumper assembly of the vehicle body with the tailgate assembly in the raised configuration; and

a second rear video camera located on the tailgate assembly that captures a second field of view rearward of the tailgate assembly with the tailgate assembly in the raised configuration,

wherein the first rear video camera and the second rear video camera are two rear video cameras each configured to provide different angles of field of view than the other rear video camera with the tailgate assembly in both the raised configuration and the lowered configuration.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 comprising a tailgate handle assembly that comprises the first and second rear video cameras.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle video system includes an electronic control unit that controls operation of the first rear video camera and the second rear video camera based on an input from a sensor.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the sensor is a tailgate position sensor that provides a signal to the electronic control unit that is indicative of a position of the tailgate assembly.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the electronic control unit includes logic that activates the first rear video camera with the tailgate in the raised configuration and activates the second rear video camera with the tailgate in the lowered configuration.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the second rear video camera is carried at an outer edge of the tailgate assembly.

7. A truck comprising:

a vehicle body having a cabin area and a cargo area including a truck bed assembly;

a tailgate assembly that is pivotally connected to the truck bed assembly at a location between a pair of tailgate posts, the tailgate assembly being moveable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration;

a vehicle video system comprising a rear video camera connected to the tailgate assembly; and

a field of view altering device located between the rear video camera and an outer edge of the tailgate assembly and comprising at least one of a lens and a mirror that changes a field of view for the rear video camera through the tailgate assembly and directed rearward of the tailgate assembly with the tailgate assembly in the lowered configuration and the rear video camera in the tailgate lowered position;

wherein at least one of the rear video camera and the field of view altering device is moveable between a tailgate raised position and a tailgate lowered position.

8. The truck of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle video system includes an electronic control unit that controls movement of the at least one of the rear video camera and the field of view altering device between the tailgate raised position and the tailgate lowered position using an actuator.

9. The truck of claim 8 , wherein the electronic control unit controls movement of the at least one of the rear video camera and the field of view altering device based on an input from a tailgate position sensor.

10. The truck of claim 8 , wherein the electronic control unit includes logic that activates the rear video camera with the tailgate assembly in the lowered configuration.

11. The truck of claim 7 , wherein the field of view of the rear video camera with the tailgate assembly in the raised configuration is different from the field of view of the rear video camera with the tailgate assembly in the lowered configuration.

12. The truck of claim 7 , wherein the field of view altering device comprises a lens.