Japanese small series production was proposed in 2009 launched a series of low-cost LED headlights

Japan's leading manufacturer of automotive lighting small LED (Koito Mfg. Co.) plans to launch a series of low-cost LED headlights since 2009, the company in 07 years to lead the world launched a car headlights. Reported that, although the LED headlights in weight, power consumption and life are better than incandescent and halogen bulbs, the price is almost 3 times higher, and therefore failed to spread widely. The report also said that by reducing the number of LED and peripheral parts of the new design, LED headlight prices will be reduced by half or even more than 2/3.

Source: Nikkei news