LED headlights- article on Audi Matrix system
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LED headlights- article on Audi Matrix system
A look in to the future of vehicle lighting:
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20130...ight-or-blight
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http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20130...ight-or-blight
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that pics in the Audi article show it's a little smarter now!
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat...beam_switching
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They are not currently available in the US because the federal laws require headlight to have the ability to manually switch between high and low and the Audi design take care of that without a manual override.
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well, Cadillac in 1952*...
that pics in the Audi article show it's a little smarter now!
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat...beam_switching
mike
that pics in the Audi article show it's a little smarter now!
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat...beam_switching
mike
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self -dimming was an option, the footswitch was still there.
my newest Cadillac ( 1972) still has footswitch along with the automatic controls.
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my newest Cadillac ( 1972) still has footswitch along with the automatic controls.
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well, Cadillac in 1952*...
that pics in the Audi article show it's a little smarter now!
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat...beam_switching
mike
that pics in the Audi article show it's a little smarter now!
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat...beam_switching
mike
It also had fibre optics from each headlight & taillight to display units on top of the front fenders and in the rear deck to let you know when a bulb was burnt out.
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It also had fibre optics from each headlight & taillight to display units on top of the front fenders and in the rear deck to let you know when a bulb was burnt out.[/QUOTE]
My 85 Toronado had that great feature!
My 85 Toronado had that great feature!
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i was looking at a mercedes a month or so ago and it had high beam headlights that would automatically graduate to low beam with oncoming traffic. it wasn't a full high to full low, it would gradually dim down to low... pretty cool actually
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