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In the early days of automobiles, all illumination aside from the very basic exterior lights was either optional or not available at all. Having light bulbs in various places to illuminate the passenger compartment, glove box, even dials became standard as manufacturing methods and automation dropped the costs enough.
- Lexus Lets The World Know It Uses Lots Of Leds For The Nx Crossover
While the probability of any car surpassing the Mercedes-Benz S-Class for the sheer number of LEDs used throughout is slim, that doesn’t detract in any way from the fact that other cars have (fewer of) them too. Many new models boast LEDs and...
- In The Spotlight: How To Overkill A Ferrari 458 Italia
Electric lamps are so passé these days. The way of the future is LEDs or Light-emitting diodes that can be found just about everywhere. Lately, LEDs have taken the automotive industry by storm with carmakers offering them either optionally or standard...
- Mercedes-benz Makes The 2011 R-class Less Painful To The Eye [27 High-res Photos]
It's no secret that the segment-confused R-Class is one of the ugliest and less successful vehicle's in the history of Mercedes-Benz. Having already admitted this, the German automaker is now trying to give the R-Class a new lease in life by...
- Volkswagen Introduces Led Rear Lights For The Golf R, Gti And Gtd
Over the past few years, LEDs have worked their way into automotive lighting, initially on high-end luxury and sports cars, but lately, on an increasing number of mainstream vehicles. In what the company claims to be a 'first' in the compact segment,...
- Audi R8 Gets First Full-led Hedlamp Option
The range of equipment available for Audi’s R8 sports car has been enhanced with the addition of the first full-LED headlamps. Besides the daytime running lights that now feature 24 LEDs per headlamp, the new unit utilizes light-emitting diodes...
Cars
New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Uses Some 500 LEDs to Do Away With Conventional Lights
In the early days of automobiles, all illumination aside from the very basic exterior lights was either optional or not available at all. Having light bulbs in various places to illuminate the passenger compartment, glove box, even dials became standard as manufacturing methods and automation dropped the costs enough.
Now, though, Mercedes-Benz seems very pleased about completely giving up the use of conventional bulbs, all of which have been replaced with modern LEDs in their latest W222 S-Class sedans. So is this really useful, or merely a marketing scheme to make the car seem different and modern? The German automaker would of course be in favor of the former, which they do back up with several arguments.
Read more »- Lexus Lets The World Know It Uses Lots Of Leds For The Nx Crossover
While the probability of any car surpassing the Mercedes-Benz S-Class for the sheer number of LEDs used throughout is slim, that doesn’t detract in any way from the fact that other cars have (fewer of) them too. Many new models boast LEDs and...
- In The Spotlight: How To Overkill A Ferrari 458 Italia
Electric lamps are so passé these days. The way of the future is LEDs or Light-emitting diodes that can be found just about everywhere. Lately, LEDs have taken the automotive industry by storm with carmakers offering them either optionally or standard...
- Mercedes-benz Makes The 2011 R-class Less Painful To The Eye [27 High-res Photos]
It's no secret that the segment-confused R-Class is one of the ugliest and less successful vehicle's in the history of Mercedes-Benz. Having already admitted this, the German automaker is now trying to give the R-Class a new lease in life by...
- Volkswagen Introduces Led Rear Lights For The Golf R, Gti And Gtd
Over the past few years, LEDs have worked their way into automotive lighting, initially on high-end luxury and sports cars, but lately, on an increasing number of mainstream vehicles. In what the company claims to be a 'first' in the compact segment,...
- Audi R8 Gets First Full-led Hedlamp Option
The range of equipment available for Audi’s R8 sports car has been enhanced with the addition of the first full-LED headlamps. Besides the daytime running lights that now feature 24 LEDs per headlamp, the new unit utilizes light-emitting diodes...