Automotive lighting LED lighting market new blue ocean

With the progress of science and technology and innovation, LED industry ushered in the outbreak period, its application has been expanding, the main applications of LED are general lighting, landscape lighting, backlighting, display, and signal indication, automotive lighting, automotive lighting and more is a new blue ocean known as the LED lighting market.

In fact, as early as the mid 1980s, LED has begun to be used in car central high brake lights (CHMSL). After entering in 90s, automotive dashboard LCD panel backlight generally use LED this new solid-state light source. And now in the streets and lanes everywhere using LED light vehicles, although not the mainstream source of the car, but its application in the automotive sector continues to expand. The appearance of LED automobile lamps is a great progress in automobile lighting.

The reason why automotive lighting can stand out in many LED applications is because of its large market size and high product added value. 2012 global automotive light output value of $2 billion 100 million, LED automotive lighting market size will form an annual output value of 3 billion yuan, is expected in 2015 penetration rate can reach up to 70%, its development trend should not be underestimated. In view of such a huge market space, car manufacturers have invested funds, has been introduced to LED as a light source of new cars. For example, Japan's TOYOTA, MITSUBISHI, Honda, Nissan and other manufacturers, the United States Department of general motors company has launched the use of LED taillights models. Due to the high cost of LED lights, it is only used in a small number of senior cars. However, some manufacturers have also introduced a cheap car application LED light source models, such as MITSUBISHI in the mainland market launch of the Lancer models, the brake lights fan LED high identification. The day before, GM announced the Cadillac ELR external light source under the full use of LED, it will be the world's first external lighting all use LED as the source of electric vehicles, LED is another breakthrough in the field of automotive applications, more obvious LED trend of automotive lighting. I believe in the near future LED light source will cover the low, medium and high-end models, the most comprehensive popularity.

At present, the application of LED in the field of vehicle from before the car interior lighting extends to the automobile external applications, color LED application in automotive interior lighting has been very mature, for example, instrument panel, backlight lighting switch, auto reading lamp or head up display system etc.. Insiders said that in addition to the current application of the more common taillights, high brake lights, etc., the future direction of the lights, reversing lights will be large-scale application of LED. According to a report released by the relevant agencies, is expected by 2013 around 95% of the new car will be used in one or more of the taillights lighting LED.

LED by virtue of its energy saving, environmental protection, longevity, seismic, small size, fast response and other advantages gradually opened the LED process of automotive lamps. Technically, LED car lights more demanding than ordinary lighting, the need to meet the high brightness output and maintain the junction temperature is less than or equal to 120 DEG C, so that the cost of LED lamps used in automotive lighting system is higher, and there is a large difference between the traditional lighting price, such as a high-grade car, incandescent lamp combined rear lamp the price is 120 yuan / sets, while LED combined rear lamp needs 210 yuan / sets. High cost restricts the commercial development of LED automobile lamps. In the face of the great potential of LED in automotive lighting applications, the author believes that reducing the price of LED lamps on the premise of ensuring the quality of products will be the focus of future development of LED automotive lamps.