On the newest A8, Digital Matrix LED headlamps with road projection capability use DMD technology, enabling functions like lane and orientation lights for highways, wherein the headlamps provide guidelines or even light the driver’s own lane particularly brightly. Above all, this orientation light helps drivers intuitively stay in their lane at road construction sites. At the back of the car, digital OLED tail lights as a standard feature. When ordering the car, there are two rear light signatures to choose.
When the “dynamic” drive mode is chosen, the lights change to a wider signature that is only available in that mode. The digital OLED rear lights have a proximity indication feature: if another vehicle comes within two metres of a stationary A8 from behind, all the OLED segments are activated. Additional functions include dynamic turn signals as well as welcome/farewell sequences. Even the interior of the car gets in on the action; reading lights in the rear use matrix LED technology to put light where individual passengers want it, without disturbing others.
