With the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in full effect, we were expecting some new technologies from the Germans at BMW. This time we talk about a high-beam laser system capable to illuminate up to 600 meters.

The new lighting system was showcased on a BMW M4 called Concept Iconic Lights. Besides the new-generation high-beam laser system, the German car sports a Cool White metallic finish as well as OLED taillights.

This technology is also innovative as the OLED elements are only 1,4mm thick. If you are wondering how the other traffic participants will be affected by the long-range laser headlights, the answer is simple, they won’t.

That’s thanks to the anti-dazzle system which will make sure that other cars won’t be blinded by the high-beam laser.

It remains to be seen when these high-beam laser headlights will reach mass production but we are quite confident that it won’t take that long considering that the BMW i8 is already offered with similar laser headlights.

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BMW is not the car maker that pioneered laser headlights, but they managed to become the first manufacturer to fit them on production vehicles.

In fact, they were neck in neck with Audi for a while, but manage to deliver the vehicles first.

This is a step forwards for the automotive industry, albeit not a very big one, as this is not such a leap forward. Still, there are a couple of markets out there that are not ready to receive such vehicles. Surprisingly enough, these are two of the larger ones, namely the US and Australian markets.

While Australia is now in the process of homologating the laser headlights, no word has been received from the US market. It is not uncommon for new products to encounter difficulties when faced with the somewhat old laws and regulations. Let’s hope US will also sort this out and not force BMW to change the headlight on the i8.

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There is something quite appealing to the old rivalry between the three big German car makers BMW, Audi and Mercedes.

With each brand having a similar alternative for pretty much any of the vehicles of the others, the various pokes and prods between the manufacturers are fun to witness.

Recently, BMW struck a blow to Audi, and a well deserved one, in my opinion. If you followed or maybe attended this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, you might be aware that Audi brought a very nice piece of technology to display, namely laser headlights. They also made a point of announcing they plan to be the first car maker to use them on production cars.

That is all nice and well, but if you followed BMW’s i8 evolution you might also know that Audi just blows smoke. Quite a while back, BMW announced that the sports hybrid will be using laser headlights, and since production is already underway, you could say Audi either botched their presentation or they just tried a cheap trick to steal some customers away from BMW.

Still, the ever vigilant Bavarian didn’t let this slip, and in a recent tweet kind of told Audi what’s what. “Sorry we didn’t present our #laserlight concept from 2011 at the #CES2014. We’re too busy with series production.”

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