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Nissan LEAF Debuts Valeo LED Low Beam Headlamps

A new product coming from automotive suppliers Valeo and Ichikoh has had its world premiere on the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle at this year’s Paris Auto Show. The cost-effective LED headlamps combine illumination close to daylight, engineers say, with attractive styling.

“While the Nissan Leaf LED headlamp is cost and energy efficient, it delivers a high level of performance, with brighter light color on the road and a longer life span,” Valeo brags in a statement.

The optical system provides multiple innovative front lighting solutions: the collector and reflector are combined as a single thermoplastic part with no lens, giving it a more distinctive look than a conventional headlamp.

With a flux on the road of more than 500 lumens, the wide beam offers a good range and high homogeneity. Thanks to its color temperature of 5500K, it has been ranked at the level of HID lamps during night test comparisons with different mass production headlamps.

This low beam module is the first on the market with efficient power consumption as low as 50W per vehicle, using only 2 LED per headlamp. The 2 LED-based design saves 30 percent more energy than the best 3 LED-based headlamps currently on the market (70W).

Compared to other light sources, it saves up to 49% with Xenon systems (90W) and 62 percent with Halogen (130W). The benefit is also very high for conventional internal combustion engine vehicles with an average CO2 saving of 1g/km.

Valeo and Ichikoh are currently working together on further innovative LED front lighting solutions.
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