Customized upgrade of car lights Hella teaches you the correct way to open them.

If you trace the development history of the first 100 years of the car, the only function of the car lights is to illuminate and improve the night recognition, but as the car becomes more and more intelligent, the role of traditional car light parts is also subtly changing. Future lights, how can we play?

■%LED lights to achieve customized functions

Hella, the German parts company started its own car headlights (kerosene lamps for vehicles) business from 1899, which can be said to have witnessed the development history of the entire car lights. For insight into the needs of consumers, as well as the future development trend of car lights, Hella undoubtedly has a certain right to speak.

At present, the car lights have evolved from halogen lamps and xenon lamps to the mainstream LED lights. In addition, there are advanced laser lights and OLED lights have also appeared. In Hella's view, the overall shift to LED headlights is the mainstream direction for a period of time in the future. "At present, almost 100 percent of Hella's headlights have turned to LED lights." Chris Kirchenbauer said.

LED technology will be continuously optimized and given new functions. At the 7th Shanghai International Automotive Lighting Exhibition (ALE) in 2021, Hella brought a series of the latest automotive lighting technologies. It covers headlamp systems for the mass production market segment and the luxury market, including the next-generation chip-based headlamp matrix system SSL 100 and SSL | HD.

It is reported that the SSL 100 lighting system provides up to 102 pixels, arranged in 4 rows. Each pixel can be activated individually. The greatest benefit of this distribution is that the adaptive driving beam avoids dazzling other road users. Since mid -2020, SSL 100 headlamps have been put into production at the lighting plant in Jiaxing, China.

Another SSL | HD technology is a further upgrade to SSL 100 technology. It can further reduce the light source, so that more than 30000 LED pixels can be controlled independently and intelligently, and the projected picture is more complex and clear. At the same time, it provides more flexibility for OEMs in personalized vehicle design, such as more compact products.

It is worth mentioning that SSL | HD technology can also bring new business models to OEMs. Lighting products equipped with this new technology generally become the standard function of the whole vehicle, but they will be activated and charged only when consumers have demand. SSL | HD technology lights will be the first to be put into production in Europe, and then will be put into production in China in 2024.

■%The interactive "dimension" of the lamp"

The design of future car lights is not just as simple as the word "lighting". With the empowerment of artificial intelligence, it also adds more interactive experience.

While realizing the lighting function, the car lights can realize the transmission of information by projection through the integration of camera, navigation and radar technology, enhance the interaction between the car and people, the communication between the car and other road users, and enhance the safe driving experience of various scenes.