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| This report examines existing and emerging automotive lighting technologies and the market influences that are driving developments in the sector. It also details all exterior and interior automotive lighting applications and reviews the business dynamics of, and market forecasts for, the sector.
Automotive lighting was a relatively stable area of technology for many years with only the occasional advance such as the development of halogen bulbs and more complex headlamp reflectors. However, during the 1990s, high-intensity discharge (HID) xenon headlamps significantly increased the power of forward lighting and by the turn of the century light-emitting diode (LED) technology began to make rapid inroads into the automotive lighting segment. Alongside these new light source technologies, the quest for improved road safety has seen the development of ‘intelligent’ adaptive technologies with forward lighting now able to dynamically illuminate more of the road ahead more of the time and rear lighting able to adapt to the external conditions to better inform following drivers. A well as concerns to improve road safety, the market for new automotive lighting technologies is also being stimulated by the quest for improved energy efficiency and the opportunities that are being realised from increased design freedom. Against these factors, the main barrier to market penetration is, as ever, cost. Unusually, the highly regulated nature of the sector has also occasionally presented barriers to the implementation of new lighting technologies, such as daytime running lights (DRL). The automotive lighting sector is unusual in that it is characterised by a high degree of global integration and a high level of cooperation among its major and minor participants, largely through mergers, joint ventures and participation in regular conferences and symposia. As a consequence, almost all automotive lighting suppliers produce products that incorporate all the new technologies, including LED headlamps, adaptive forward lighting (AFL) systems and advanced rear lighting systems. |
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