Market Trends of France Automotive Adaptive Lighting System Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the France Automotive Adaptive Lighting System Market according to our research experts:
Front lightening will lead the market
Visibility during the night time was always a concern due to the frequency of fatal accidents during that time for the drivers and automakers. Adaptive LED and laser headlights are some of the major advancements in automotive lighting. As autonomous vehicles are making their way in the industry lightning has to be controlled by the software for driving and in Adaptive, or matrix LED systems to use a grid of individual LEDs that automatically turns on and off based on where the car is headed and the presence of oncoming vehicles detected on the road. The basic added advantage is the use of laser headlights which provides a focused, long-range beam that can double the reach of the standard automotive high beams. Some of these systems, provide an added advantage using selective lighting to highlight the different objects in the road, which can be traffic signs and road markings, warning or hazard signs or objects that are hardly or not at all be viewed by the driver, such as deer or dimly lit pedestrians.
Leading automotive OEMs and lighting system manufacturers are developing various adaptive front lights for future vehicles. For instance,
In the Magneti Marelli Smart Corner system, sensors are employed into headlamps and tail lamps to provide OEMs the required functionality for an autonomous vehicle and supporting lighting performance. According to the need for any sensor including LiDAR, radar, cameras, LED-based lighting features like adaptive driving beam (ADB) and DLP can be customized.
Impact of Covid-19 will hinder the Market Growth
The French government announced an 8 billion euro rescue plan for the French car industry which includes 1 billion euros for providing grants of up to 7,000 euros to encourage customers to buy electric vehicles. Under this plan government will also provide 3,000 euro bonuses to buyers for upgrading to a less polluting car. Another billion euros will be invested in research and modernizing the production of vehicles. Renault will get a 5 billion euro loan for joining a Franco-German consortium to develop car batteries.
To support the increasing acceptance of electric vehicles in the country government will triple the number of public charging points by the end of 2021.
Whereas last year leading automotive OEMs and lighting system manufacturers have entered into partnership do develop new lighting systems. For instance,
In 2019, OSRAM Continental, a joint venture founded in 2018 has launched a smart digital HD headlamp system, a combination of SMARTRIX-HD system and EVIYOS LED is a digitally controlled lighting system where no mechanical components are involved to control the cornering lights.
Similarly, Valeo and Cree, Inc. jointly developed their high definition LED array solution for automotive lighting systems. The new system provides both glare-free and high beam road marking functions with high-performance low beam and high beam in a compact solution. By Valeo's electronic system each pixel can be individually controlled or adjusted according to driver needs and road conditions.
