Different Types of Headlights Explained

Headlights play a significant role in shaping a car's overall appearance and personality. Their design can contribute to the vehicle's aesthetic appeal and help define its unique character, making them a crucial aspect of automotive design and styling.

Headlights today are undergoing some of the biggest technological changes seen in the history of the automobile, from Carbide Lamps used in the early days of cars to laser lights of the modern era.

The earliest headlights were found in the late 1880s, fuelled by Acetylene Gas or Oil. Back when cars were in their infancy, headlights were flames, burning behind glass lenses and fed with acetylene gas. they were quite similar to the gas lamps used in homes during that time.

The first electric headlight was introduced in the year 1898 by the Electric Vehicle Company and in 1904 American automaker Peerless was the first manufacturer to introduce electric headlights across its range. Four years later, Britishbased supplier Pockley Automobile Electric Lighting offered a complete set of electric lights including headlights, tail lights, and sidelights, which were powered by an eightvolt electric battery.

When you picture old, classic cars, you probably imagine cars with sealed beam headlights. By 1939, sealed beam lights had been introduced, and became compulsory on all vehicles in the US between 1940 and 1983. They used a parabolic reflector, as well as a lens and a filament sealed together, to offer a brighter, more focused light.

In the earlier 60s halogen headlights instantly became the standard tech in Europe. In 1962, a French, German, and Italian consortium of bulb and headlampmakers produced the first vehiclemounted halogen lamps.
These provided brighter, more durable headlights due to the way the halogen gas reacted with the tungsten. This process gave drivers much higher road visibility, particularly on high beam settings.

Time Stamp
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Evolution of Headlights
01:26 Carbide Lamps
03:22 Electric Headlights
05:24 Sealed Beam Headlights
06:23 Halogen
08:41 Xenon / HID
11:17 LED
13:31 Adaptive Headlights
15:02 Matrix
16:08 Laser

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