HELLA has highlighted how it has once again worked in partnership with a leading car manufacturer on the development of innovative OE lighting solutions. The latest example is a joint development with Daimler AG of high-resolution MULTIBEAM LED headlamps on the new Mercedes E-Class.

The innovative headlight features a three-layered pixel light and a total of 84 individual controllable LEDs (per headlamp) which adjust the light distribution depending on the traffic, weather and road conditions. The integrated adaptive ‘High Beam Assistant Plus’ even ensures that high beam is used more frequently, offering greater safety and comfort.

The ‘Adaptive Highbeam’ function is particularly intelligent at sensing other vehicles on the road, either directly in front or oncoming and will selectively mask, within fractions of a second, the light distribution area, to prevent other drivers from being dazzled but allowing the driver maximum visibility by keeping the safe areas between them illuminated. The newly developed headlight also reduces reflections on the oncoming lane when it is raining, by specifically dimming individual LEDs in the low beam. Moreover, glare from illuminated road signs is reduced by the system lessening the brightness of individual LEDs.