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As automotive lighting improves, LEDs are emerging at the lead. Offering remarkable vision and longevity, they are a go-to for many safety-minded drivers.
There is a German national regulation for vehicle bulbs, now superseded by international ECE regulations. Bulbs according to the old German regulation are still manufactured. The German regulation is contained in §22a, Subsection 1, No. 18 of the Straßenverkehrs-Zulassungs-Ordnung (StVZO, Road Traffic Approval Regulation).
Typically, bulbs of 21 to 27 watts producing 280 to 570 lumens (22 to 45 mean spherical candlepower) are used for stop, turn, reversing and rear fog lights, while bulbs of 4 to 10 W, producing 40 to 130 lm (3 to 10 mscp) are used for tail lights, parking lights, side marker lights and side turn signal repeaters.
Audi showed the Audi Nuvolari concept car with LED headlights in 2003. [119] [120] [121] Automotive headlamp applications using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been undergoing development since 2004. [122] [123] In 2004, Audi released the first car with LED daytime running lights and directionals, the 2004 Audi A8 W12. [124] [125]
FMVSS 108 does not regulate car bulbs. It merely points at 49CFR564 and Docket 1998-3397 and says replaceable-bulb headlamps have to use light sources listed therein. It would be appropriate for us to state, with a citation, that FMVSS 108 contains that pointer and requirement.
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