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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All BMW models have their own personality and distinctive futuristic look, and it now seems that the German based automaker will equip the i8 electric with laser headlights, starting with the 2015 models, which have already entered the production and would come on sales later this year with a starting price of $135,935.

There are a series of advantages that laser lights bring. We are talking about LED lighting offering a better light, being energy efficient and providing a finer control over the incandescent or gas discharge lighting.

Laser lights are different from the basic lighting, because they are monochromatic, with only one wavelength for the lights, rather than the ordinary lights that have color spectrum.

The result is that the light is by far more intense, reaching as far as 600 meters or even double the range of LEDs, with a precise control over the beam pattern.

With this advantage in mind, you save space inside the headlights when installing them on the car, but you will also reduce weight, as one headlight is the equivalent of ten LEDs.

BMW is the first car maker to deliver this technology that has been previously announced by other automakers, as the company is first offering the laser lights as optional on the i8 green.

In the years to come, other BMW models will be receiving laser headlights as standard.

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The German engineers from BMW are currently developing a new technology to be used in the headlights of the models to come. We talk about an illumination system which uses laser, a technology which brings considerable advantages even in comparison with the LED lights. Even almost all the new models are equipped with LED lights, BMW wants to be one step ahead and works on a new laser technology.

According to the company, the light beam can produce an intensity even 1,000 times greater than the LED lights while it comes with no risks for animals or humans as the laser light is converted in a bright beam which is also quite efficient.

According to the manufacturer, the new laser technology is able to emit light waves of the same length which means it is monochromatic but also provides a greater intensity compared to the current LED lights.

“After LED technology, laser light is the next logical step in car light development. BMW engineers are currently already working on the introduction of laser light as a further pioneering technology for series production within a few years,” claim the German company.

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