Valeo and their Japanese partner Ichikoh have developed a new generation of LED front lighting systems, unveiled as a world premier on the Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle.
The Alliance’s engineers have designed a cost-effective LED-based headlamp, combining enhanced illumination and distinctive style. While the Nissan Leaf LED headlamp is cost and energy efficient, it delivers high performance with brighter light color on the road and a longer life span.
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 distinctive look versus 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 the advantageous spectral power distribution (SPD) of high-power white LEDs, the Leaf lamp has been ranked at the level of HID lamps during night test comparisons with different mass production headlamps.
This low beam module uses only 2 LED per headlamp. The 2 LED-based design saves 30% more energy than the best 3 LED-based headlamps currently on the market (70W).
