We all know that Audi has a nickname called "Lamp Factory". This sentence is not a pejorative meaning, he is saying that Audi is more cutting-edge and has a sense of technology in the use of headlights. Although various automakers are now beginning to pay attention to the development of headlights, from a functional point of view, the lighting needs have been fully met.
The automotive headlights of the future will meet the diversified needs of many other aspects. Recently, Audi showed us the latest headlight technology in a concept car. Its entire front face is even headlights. Not only is the area of the headlight unprecedentedly large, but the function is also unprecedented, and even make you feel that you can't afford to repair it.
The concept car is called the urbansphere. It is the largest of all audi concept cars to date. It is 5.51 meters long, 2.01 meters wide and 1.78 meters high. The new car, built by audi China's design team in cooperation with the German design center, is based on the PPE platform, using 800-volt charging technology and equipped with Audi pure electric drive system, and the WTLP range is expected to reach 750 kilometers. The two-door opening was designed and the B-pillar was eliminated. When passengers get on the bus, the entire interior space is open to passengers. At the same time, the seats rotate outwards, and a beam of light is lit up like a "red carpet", full of emotional ritual. Through a "cinema screen" that runs through the interior of the vehicle, the two passengers in the back row can participate in video conferences or watch movies together.
In addition to the hardware parameters, this concept car gives people a bright feeling, the headlights of this car also have a lot to say. Today's car headlights are no longer enough to meet the lighting, turning is so simple. There are too many features to imagine.
From the official information given by Audi, we can see that there are many modes of headlights. Beschleunigung acceleration, blinklicht turn indicator, warnung warning. That is to say, the front face of this car expresses an emotion of the car through the light show of the headlights.
When the vehicle is accelerating, the headlights of the vehicle will appear as a whole white, and it can also change continuously.
When the vehicle finds that there is a danger ahead, it will also warn of the danger ahead through a red light. In fact, such a change in the headlights is not for the passengers in the car to see, but for the pedestrians outside the car.
Such a colorful and rich effect is very good-looking, very beautiful, but in fact, it also brings a problem that cannot be ignored, that is, the problem of cost. Of course, this is a state of concept cars, which have not yet been finally listed, but if this car is listed, I believe that the cost of headlights will account for a very high proportion.
The first is that its area is very large, and the entire front face is a headlight.
Secondly, we all know that the light beam of the headlight will change with time, and the brightness of the light will also change. If a lamp bead is broken or a small accident occurs, resulting in some headlights not being lit, then the cost of replacement and maintenance will be quite high, and it may also form a color difference with other light groups, resulting in visual inconsistency.
So although this is a very cool feature, it has advantages and disadvantages. I believe that over time, when the technology continues to mature or the manufacturing cost is low enough, then the technology may be able to spread on a large scale.