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Sunday, February 27, 2022

NHTS Approval of LED Headlights

Further automotive directions, regulations, 

Adaptive LED Headlights Get NHTSA Approval in the U.S.

By motor1.com, February 18, 2022

The U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration issued a new rule permitting the use of adaptive light-emitting diode (LED) headlights on U.S. roads.

The $1-billion infrastructure bill passed in November contained a measure allowing the rule against use of such headlights in the U.S. to be modified.

The housings of adaptive headlights contain computer-controlled LEDs that can be aimed in specific locations; they can illuminate the road ahead of the driver similar to the way high beams can, while also focusing the light away from oncoming traffic.

Luxury automakers like Mercedes-Benz and Audi have been using adaptive headlights in their vehicles for years; while the legal hurdles have been cleared, their U.S. deployment will likely not happen quickly ...

Adaptive headlights feature banks of computer-controlled LEDs that can be aimed in very specific locations; they can illuminate the distant road in front of the driver similar to high beams, and also aim the light away from oncoming traffic ... 

From motor1.com  

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