2011 global LED car market will reach $1 billion 200 million

According to China's Taiwan Region Research Institute (IEK) expects global LED lamp market will increase from $690 million in 2007 to $1 billion 200 million in 2011, the market share increased to 8%, the annual compound growth rate of 13%. LED brake light current global market share is relatively high, while the LED headlights are still difficult to compete with HID, is expected to 2011 global market share of only about 3%. LED taillights will be the fastest growing car lights in the next few years, by 2011 its market share will rise from 15% in 2008 to 28%, while Asia will be the fastest growing region.

At present, the car market is mainly divided into two major areas, both inside and outside the car. The main structure of the lamp includes a casing and a light source group, but with the development of the advanced light source system, the structure of the lamp is becoming more and more complex. Affected by the global recession, the global auto market is expected to shrink in the short term. Data show that by 2011 the global automotive market size of about 73 million, Asia will remain the focus of growth. In the energy cost factors, automotive energy saving technology is the focus of future development.

Due to the development of the car market, the advanced light source system has become the key to the development of the lamp. 2007 global automotive market size of $13 billion 200 million, is expected to grow to $15 billion by 2011. Among them, LED car market size of about $690 million, is expected in 2011 the global LED car market size of up to $1 billion 200 million, LED car market share of 8%, the annual compound growth rate of 13%.

LED lamp has the advantages of low power consumption, no mercury, adjustable light, high color, long life, high reliability and so on. In addition, LED LAMP reaction time is short, small size, light weight and a point light source, not only can enhance the safety of driving, but also can improve the use of space and reflect the advantages of the car. From the point of view of safety and design, the application of LED lamp is more and more widely.

The use of LED technology in taillights will grow rapidly. Passat and Honda Accord annual sales of one million Volkswagen models have been introduced LED technology, LED taillights in hybrid vehicles with a high development space, and white LED also began to apply to the reversing lights. It is expected that the market share of LED taillights in 2008 is about 15%, and will reach 28% by 2011.

At present, LED applications in the global market share of up to 60% of the vehicle interior light, in Europe, the market share of the car meter lamp has been as high as 90%. LED third brake light in the global market share of about 50%. But LED headlights still need to overcome technical barriers to overcome, including luminous flux, cost and usage habits and other factors, which makes LED in the headlights market is still unable to compete with the HID in the short term. Since the LED in the headlights market will continue to be advanced in the short term, is expected to 2011 global share of only 3%.

2007 car LED applications to the North American market (accounting for 38%) and the European market (accounting for more than 37%) as the highest. The United States usually uses new technology quickly, while Europe is usually to be mature after the application of new technologies, and then quickly spread.

Because the LED lamp still has low luminous flux, luminous efficiency, color uniformity, heat dissipation and high cost, coupled with the temperature change of automobile use environment greatly, therefore also derived LED lamp reliability problems. Overall, the current LED lights are still in the market into the form, with the standard LED as the main products, high power or high current LED ratio is also low.

Source: Chinese Ministry of Commerce