The development of LED lights for automobiles has produced dramatic changes in automotive design. Not only are new head- and taillight shapes possible, but the fairly recent notion of a car having a distinctive “light signature” is becoming commonplace as designers find ways to make cars recognizable even in the dark.
Audi was one of the first marques to adapt a very specific light signature, and it’s poised to stay at the front of the lighting game with the announcement of a concept coming to Frankfurt that uses organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. Audi says that OLED technology provides a more homogenous, even light than LEDs and can be continuously dimmed. The upcoming concept is teased in a just-released video that tracks the history of automotive lighting from the gas-lit headlamps of brass-era cars all the way through modern LED headlamps, ending with a demonstration of the versatility of OLEDs and a glimpse of the lights on the new concept. Whatever else the upcoming concept has to show off, it’ll also provide a glimpse at the future of Audi’s lighting technology.
That future looks pretty slick. In the short video Audi shows off the OLED lights’ ability to adjust to a wide variety of conditions, changing illumination to suit a wide variety of situations in addition to changing the look of Audi’s cars. After Audi’s successful applications of LED and laser headlights, we can’t wait to see what it’s come up with this time.
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