Abstract
Their small size, powerful light emission, extreme reliability, low energy requirement and long lifespan support the widely held view that LEDs are 'the technology of the future for automotive lighting.' In fact, some manufacturers go so far as to predict that the incandescent bulb is headed for extinction.
Given that LEDs represent a new light source for front automotive lighting, they also require regulations to control their application. While LED headlamps are already allowed in the US, their application is limited in Europe. By 2008, however, new ECE regulations will be enforced, radically changing the appearance and performance of vehicle headlamps (and therefore the complete appearance of cars) for good.
Although manufacturers expect early LED headlamp applications will cost more than HID, the two technologies could be price-comparable by 2011. That could trigger a price war, forcing a downward trend on unit prices. But by how much remains to be seen. Some manufacturers also think it is very possible that HID will disappear altogether in favour of LEDs.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
- LEDs shift from indication to illumination
- Report coverage
Chapter 2: The market
- Market trends
- Market shares
- Market percentage and volume forecasts
- LED headlamp forecast
- Rear combination LED lamp forecast
- CHMSL forecast
- Signal LED lighting forecast
- Market value forecasts
- Cost comparison
- LED headlamp forecast
- Rear combination LED lamp forecast
- CHMSL forecast
- Signal LED lighting forecast
- Total exterior automotive LED lighting market value
Chapter 3: Technical review
- Defining the elements
- Background
- Rear lamp applications
- Headlamp applications
- Interior applications
- Other applications
Chapter 4: Manufacturers
- Agilent Technologies
- Hella
- Lumileds
- Nichia
- Osram Opto Semiconductors
List of tables
- 1 LED fully functional headlamps percentage fitment rates for passenger cars and light trucks Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2008 - 2012
- 2 LED fully functional headlamps fitment volumes for passenger cars and light trucks, Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2008 - 2012
- 3 LED rear combination lamp percentage fitment rates for passenger cars and light trucks, Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2003 - 2012
- 4 LED rear combination lamp fitment volumes for passenger cars and light trucks, Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2003 - 2012
- 5 LED CHMSL percentage fitment rates for passenger cars and light trucks Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2003 - 2012
- 6 LED CHMSL fitment volumes, Western Europe for passenger cars and light trucks, Japan and North America, 2003 - 2012
- 7 LED signal lamp percentage fitment rates for passenger cars and light trucks, Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2003 - 2012
- 8 LED signal lamp fitment volumes for passenger cars and light trucks, Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2003 - 2012
- 9 Cost comparison between Incandescent and LED automotive lighting, 2004, 2008 and 2012
- 10 LED fully functional headlamps market value for passenger cars and light trucks, Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2008 - 2012
- 11 LED rear combination lamp market value for passenger cars and light trucks, Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2003 - 2012
- 12 LED CHMSL market value for passenger cars and light trucks, Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2003 - 2012
- 13 LED signal lamp market value for passenger cars and light trucks, Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2003 - 2012
- 14 Total exterior automotive lamp market value for passenger cars and light trucks, Western Europe, Japan and North America, 2003 - 2012
- 15 Incandescent lamps verses LEDs
List of figures
- 1 Audi A8 W12
- 2 Visteon's LED front lighting concept
- 3 Low brightness LED global market for automotive applications, 2004
- 4 High brightness LED global market for automotive applications, 2004
- 5 Renault Fluence concept car
- 6 Hella's combination rear lamp prototype for a sports car application
- 7 Hella and Stanley Electric's LED headlamp
