Deep scratching "lamp factory" Audi's car history: how does Audi fall into the pit of automobile lighting step by step?

When we mention Audi, the first thing we associate is the incomparable car light. As long as we are on the road, the lamp may be the fastest way to identify Audi. But when did Audi's headlights start to look impressive? How did Audi fall into the pit of automobile lighting step by step? This is the topic to be discussed today. A brief introduction to the background, before the advent of xenon headlamps, Audi in the halogen headlight era has been playing soy sauce on lighting. In other words, it has not yet discovered its potential, so the story must also start from the era of xenon headlamps. Audi 4000, then used halogen headlights xenon headlamps in the era of 1992, Hella and BOSCH developed the world's first near light xenon headlamps, but the first to use it for car lights is not Audi, but BMW, exactly second generation BMW 7 series. Xenon headlamps, such as gas discharge, have greatly improved the visibility of light, the speed of starting lights and the lifespan. So in the first generation of Audi A8 in 1994, as the flagship model of Audi landed, it took for granted the most advanced xenon headlights at that time. When the first generation of Audi A8 saw their partners having xenon headlights, Mercedes Benz, one of the three German carriages, was willing to drop, so Mercedes Benz also used xenon lights on the seventh generation E grade cars in 1995. It is precisely because of this that Audi has launched a revolution in car lights. Then, from 2000, manufacturers began to interest in vehicle dynamic headlamp response. Manufacturers, lighting enterprises and other organizations began to study the servo steering headlight system. In 2003, BMW, TOYOTA, Opel and other manufacturers began to use servo steering headlights on their cars. Audi certainly would not be willing to be human. In the same year, Audi A8 was equipped with a servo steering headlight. The LED headlight era after the xenon headlights came on is the LED headlight. It is a solid-state semiconductor device that converts electrical energy into visible light. It can convert electricity into light directly. LED headlights can be used only with 12V power, and there is no delay at any moment. At the Geneva motor show in 2003, Audi showed the all LED headlight on the Nuvolari Quattro concept car. But after that, Audi did not implement the LED headlight on the mass production vehicle. The Audi A8 W12 model was actually in 2004. Audi installed the LED day lights on A8 W12 models, making it the first vehicle equipped with LED day light. As the LED day light reacted well, in 2005, Audi implanted LED into the A6 Avant taillight, with nanosecond response speed and excellent intensity of light source. It also held high visibility in extreme weather. After a few years, Audi upgraded the taillight again, upgraded it to the LED light taillight, and used it on Audi A6 for the first time. Audi A4 2.0TDI Avant Audi A5 2.0T Quattro coupe in 2007, Lexus joined LED headlights on its LS600hl models, becoming the first auto manufacturer equipped with LED headlights. As soon as Audi saw this, it launched Audi R8 equipped with all LED headlights. It was very uncomfortable to be robbed of the limelight, so Audi put the LED headlights on more models, which made the name of the lamp factory bigger and bigger. And after achieving the full LED headlights, LED light taillights and LED daylight lights, Audi began to aim at the steering lights. In 2012, Audi R8 used the dynamic turn signal, and later on more models joined the dynamic turn signal. Audi's dynamic turn signal, when everyone thought Audi had already lit up the car lighting, Audi actually did not stop. Because at that time, Audi felt that the headlights were still unable to open up the gap with their competitors. So Audi decided to make a headlight that surprised the whole world, so there was a matrix LED headlamp, and the matrix headlight could represent Audi's very high achievement in the field of making lamps. The Audi A8L matrix LED headlamp equipped with the matrix headlight is arranged into a far light lighting assembly by 5 reflecting units. On the top of each reflection unit, there are 5 small LED light sources, and each small LED light source can be lighted, closed or darkened separately. 25 small LED light sources in the 5 groups are combined together to achieve the front. The area is subject to variable and precise lighting. When a car is driving at night or in front of you, the matrix LED headlights will automatically extinguish some of the high light LED lights, so as to prevent the danger of the surrounding vehicle drivers from dazzling. In the post LED era, at the 2013 CES exhibition, Audi released OLED (organic light-emitting diode) lighting technology. Compared with LED lighting technology, the matrix OLED tail lamp emitted light is very smooth and even, and it will not weaken. Through the OLED technology, Audi has developed an intelligent taillight group. Its intelligent taillight group is not only very bright, but also can recognize visibility. It can automatically adjust the tail lamp's brightness according to the factors such as road condition, speed and weather, so as to remind the rear car to keep its distance and greatly improve the initiative safety of the vehicle. When we first entered the era of laser headlights, just as we felt the strength of the lamp factory, Audi quietly entered the era of laser headlights. In 2014, Audi launched the first Sport Quattro laserlight concept car using laser headlights at the CES exhibition. And then launched a R8 LMX with laser headlights. Compared with xenon and LED, the brightness of the laser headlamp is higher. The direction of the laser beam can be controlled by a lens, and it can be directed to the front, and the distance is also two times that of the LED headlight. At the 2015 CES exhibition, Audi launched the prologue concept car and demonstrated the matrix laser headlight. Summary from the xenon headlamps in 1994 to the matrix laser headlamps in 2014, Audi has played a lot of tricks and techniques in the field of automotive lighting for 20 years. It is undeniable that every iteration of Audi has led the industry's innovation and transformation in automotive lighting technology. We also look forward to Audi's continued surprises in the field of automotive lighting.