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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is notorious for its lighting performance tests. As opposed to most manufacturers, Lexus knows that headlamps are of utmost importance for safety, pioneering LED lighting in the LS from 2007 and adaptive high-beam headlights in the LS for 2012.
The BladeScan adaptive headlight system is the latest and the greatest system that Lexus developed for road-going vehicles, and the RX is getting it for the 2020 model year. According to Toyota’s luxury division, “BladeScan gives both an extended field of forward illumination and more accurate lighting control to support safer driving at night and in poor weather.”
Already benefitting from high-beam LED lighting as part of the Lexus Safety System+ package, the RX with BladeScan promises more precision of the area of illumination in front of the vehicle. More to the point, look forward to an accuracy of within 0.7 degrees compared to 1.7 degrees for the current technology. This improvement translates to earlier illumination of road signs and pedestrians.
Speaking of pedestrians, BladeScan technology can recognize a pedestrian at night at up to 56 meters in front of the RX compared to 32 meters without this piece of equipment. Lexus further makes a case about numbers, boasting ten light-emitting diodes on each side of the RX contained in a compact module in the front corner of each headlamp.
The triple-eye light arrangement gives the RX the signature lighting of all modern Lexus models, and rather than shining forward, BladeScan casts light diagonally across two blade-shaped mirrors. Without getting too technical, this arrangement doesn’t dazzle oncoming traffic or drivers of the vehicles ahead.
Coming out for the 2020 model year, the RX with BladeScan doesn’t have a price tag for the time being. The 2019 starts at $43,820 in the United States while the hybridized SUV retails at $46,245 excluding delivery. Customers who need two additional seats can opt for the RX 350L at $48,020 with front-wheel drive or $49,420 with all-wheel drive.
Already benefitting from high-beam LED lighting as part of the Lexus Safety System+ package, the RX with BladeScan promises more precision of the area of illumination in front of the vehicle. More to the point, look forward to an accuracy of within 0.7 degrees compared to 1.7 degrees for the current technology. This improvement translates to earlier illumination of road signs and pedestrians.
Speaking of pedestrians, BladeScan technology can recognize a pedestrian at night at up to 56 meters in front of the RX compared to 32 meters without this piece of equipment. Lexus further makes a case about numbers, boasting ten light-emitting diodes on each side of the RX contained in a compact module in the front corner of each headlamp.
The triple-eye light arrangement gives the RX the signature lighting of all modern Lexus models, and rather than shining forward, BladeScan casts light diagonally across two blade-shaped mirrors. Without getting too technical, this arrangement doesn’t dazzle oncoming traffic or drivers of the vehicles ahead.
Coming out for the 2020 model year, the RX with BladeScan doesn’t have a price tag for the time being. The 2019 starts at $43,820 in the United States while the hybridized SUV retails at $46,245 excluding delivery. Customers who need two additional seats can opt for the RX 350L at $48,020 with front-wheel drive or $49,420 with all-wheel drive.
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