"Light factory" Audi's history of car lights: how does Audi fall into the car lighting pit step by step?

When you mention Audi, people first associate it with the unrivalled car lights. As long as they are on the road, the lights may be the fastest way to identify Audi. But since when, Audi's headlights have begun to make people look at each other? How did Audi step into the car lighting pit step by step? That's the topic to talk about today. A brief introduction to the background, before the arrival of the xenon lamp era, the halogen lamp era of Audi has been playing soy sauce on the lighting, in other words, it has not found its potential, so the story has to be told from the era of xenon light. Audi 4000, which was used at the time of the halogen car light xenon lamp era in 1992, Hella and BOSCH developed the world's first near light xenon lamp, but the first to use it for car lights was not Audi, but BMW, which was exactly the second generation of BMW 7. The xenon lamp, which is discharged by the gas, greatly improves the visibility of the light, the starting speed of the lamp and the life of the lamp. So when the first generation of Audi A8 landed as the flagship model of Audi in 1994, it was of course to use the most advanced xenon headlights at that time. The first generation of Audi A8, as the Mercedes Benz, one of the German three carriages, saw the Mercedes, one of the German carriages, after seeing the small partners having a xenon lamp, so the Mercedes also used the xenon lamp on the seventh generation of E cars in 1995. And that's why it can be said that Audi has set off a revolution of car lights. From 2000, the manufacturers began to be interested in the response of the vehicle headlights, and the manufacturers, lighting enterprises and other organizations began to study the headlight system. In 2003, BMW, TOYOTA, Opel and other manufacturers began to use the vehicle to turn the headlights on their own cars. Of course, Audi would not be willing to be willing to go to the people. In the same year, the Audi A8 also turned to the headlights. The LED headlight is the LED headlight when it flashes on after the xenon lamp. It is a solid-state semiconductor device that converts electrical energy into visible light, which can directly convert electricity into light. The LED light can be used only with a 12V power supply, and the flash will not be delayed at the moment. Audi showed all LED headlights on the Nuvolari Quattro concept car at the 2003 Geneva auto show, but after that, Audi didn't put the LED headlights on the vehicle. Audi A8 W12 model in fact in 2004, Audi is the LED day lights on the A8 W12 model, making it the first equipment with LED day line car lights. With the LED day light repercussions, Audi also implanted LED into the A6 Avant taillights in 2005, with nanosecond response speed and excellent light intensity. It also held high visibility in extreme weather. After a few years, Audi upgraded the taillight again, upgraded to LED light belt taillights, and used for the first time on Audi A6. Audi A4 2.0TDI Avant Audi A5 2.0T Quattro coupe in 2007, Lexus joined the LED lamp on its LS600hl model and became the first car manufacturer to be equipped with a LED headlight. Audi looked at which line and then launched a Audi R8 with a full LED light. Robbed of the wind is naturally very bad, so Audi then put the LED headlights into more cars, which makes the name of the lamp factory more and more famous. And after the full LED lights, the LED light belt taillights, and the LED daytime traffic lights, Audi began to look at the turning light. In 2012, Audi R8 used a dynamic steering lamp and later added a dynamic steering lamp on more cars. Audi's dynamic steering lights, when everyone thought Audi had played the car, did not stop the pace of research. Because at that time Audi felt that the current headlights were still unable to open the gap with their opponents, so Audi decided to make a big lamp to let people all over the world marvel, so there was a matrix LED lamp, and the matrix lamp could be said to represent the very high attainments of Audi at that time. The Audi A8L matrix LED lamp with a matrix lamp is arranged by 5 reflection units into a light illuminating component. On the top of each reflection unit, it is 5 small LED light sources. Each small LED light source can be lit, closed or darkened independently. The 5 groups of 25 small LED light sources fit together and can be realized to the front. The region carries out variable, precise lighting. The matrix LED lamp will automatically extinguish a part of the long light LED light body to prevent the peril from dazzling. In the post LED era, in the 2013 CES exhibition, Audi released the OLED (organic light emitting diode) lighting technology. Compared with the LED lighting technology, the light emitted by the matrix OLED tail lamp is very flat and uniform and does not weaken. Audi has developed an intelligent taillight group through OLED technology. Its intelligent taillight group not only looks very bright, but also recognizes visibility. It automatically adjusts the light of the taillight according to the road conditions, speed, weather and other factors to remind the rear car to keep the distance, so it can greatly improve the car's active safety. The first time we entered the era of laser light, when we felt the power of the lamp factory, Audi quietly entered the era of laser light. In 2014, Audi launched the first Sport Quattro laserlight concept car with a laser headlamp at the CES exhibition. And then a R8 LMX with a large laser lamp was introduced. Compared to xenon and LED, the laser light is brighter and can control the direction of the laser beam through a lens, directivity to the front, and the distance is two times the distance of the LED light. At the 2015 CES exhibition, Audi introduced the prologue concept car and displayed the matrix laser light. From the xenon lamp in 1994 to the matrix laser light in 2014, Audi has played a lot of tricks and techniques in the field of automobile lighting for 20 years. It is undeniable that every iteration of Audi has led to innovation and change in automotive lighting technology, and we also expect Audi to continue to bring us more surprises in the field of automotive lighting.