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JINLING Chen
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KIM Chen
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Subject: AUTOMOTIVE LED-Daytime Running Light
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2009-09-09 |
From the UK market research company IMS Research for the automotive LED
market, released a new report points out that as incandescent bulbs,
halogen lamps and xenon lights in the field of automotive lighting
alternatives, LED's role will be more and demanding; the agency
forecasts In the application of the external lighting will be in 2010
to promote automotive LED market in 2006 to 650 million U.S. dollars
rose to 13 billion U.S. dollars.
LED main application is
currently in the vehicle's interior, as the instrument panel, the
display backlight illumination, or used in various indicator (such as
the direction of light). IMS Research analyst and the author of the
report Jamie Fox said that in the daytime driving light (Daytime
Running Light, DRL) applications such as promotion, is expected in 2013
used in the automotive external lighting of the LED sales, in general,
LED sales ratio, increased from one third to one-half or more.
IMS
Research noted that, LED DRL in 2004 for the first time in the Audi A8
cars on the appearance, at present less than 1% of car use. The agency
predicted that over the next 10 years, LED DRL's sales will grow to
reflect the current market, LED taillights similar scale. Fox said:
"daytime driving lights the future will be adopted more widely is
expected that the market in 2013 by less than 5 million U.S. dollars
last year, growth of 100 million U.S. dollars."
LED daytime
driving lights today are Canada, Finland and Sweden and other countries
require the use of; in the United States and other countries there is
no requirement, but many cars are equipped with DRL. In addition, the
United Kingdom and some other countries, neither requires the use of
DRL, the actual users are not many; However, according to a recent
European Union study DRL can save lives, a fact that could prompt the
authorities to promote the new regulations require use of DRL.
Fox said: "LED DRL In addition to a long life, low power consumption, but also attractive in appearance."
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