(Image source from: BMW i8 will have laser beam lamps)
How does BMW invariably succeeds to blow us away all the time?
From iDrive to Dynamic Traction Control and from Steptronic to Auto Start Stop Function, BMW has certainly rolled a long way in terms of technology. But it's latest invention is unlike anything anybody has heard or seen so far – laser beam headlights. Heck, yes!
The new BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car will come with brand new laser headlights. Slated for release sometime in late 2014, the i8 will be the first production application of laser headlamps on a car. “The system is quite complex and is only available for high-beam use, according to BMW. Low-beam lights will continue to use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to project light on the road.”
BMW says the laser headlights produce two times the visibility range of conventional high-beam headlights, while using less energy -- energy that can instead be used by the car’s electric motor for additional driving range or power.
AW: Suchorita Dutta Choudhury
