08/02/2024

You Won’t Believe What Car Headlights Have in Store

What comes next could be an international light language

Sure, duh: Vehicle lights serve the important and vital safety function of allowing drivers to see where they're going, and everyone else to see when they're coming. But for decades, car designers have clocked headlamps and tail lights as an opportunity for creativity, to build a distinctive brand that says, "Here comes that car." Think of Lamborghini's y-shaped headlights, or the almost menacing double barrels of the Dodge Challenger, or the halo rings on BMWs.

But a new era of car light design, ushered in by new technologies, powertrains and even business models, has transformed the front profile of vehicles.

"It's been an incredible, critical acceleration in the last few years," said César Muntada, the head of light design at Audi.

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