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Here’s why it’s mostly an American problem. Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN. February 16, 2024 at 11:23 AM ... In Europe and Asia, many cars offer adaptive driving beam headlights that can do this ...
Modern pickup trucks usually have one or more white cargo lights that illuminate the bed of the truck, often controlled in conjunction with the interior dome lighting. Most gauges and controls on a dashboard in modern vehicles are illuminated when the headlights are turned on, and the intensity of light can be adjusted by the driver for comfort.
This requirement eliminated problems of tarnished reflectors by sealing them together with the bulbs. [17] It also made aiming the headlight beams simpler and eliminated non-standard bulbs and lamps. [17] The Tucker 48 included a defining "cyclops-eye" feature: a third center-mounted headlight connected to the car's steering mechanism. [18]
Headlight flashing might have come into more common use as a means of attempting driver-to-driver communication by the mid-1970s, [3] when cars began to come with headlight beam selectors located on the steering column—typically activated by pulling the turn signal stalk—rather than the previous foot-operated pushbutton switches.
The award-winning 2024 F-150 Lightning pickup has been held for quality review since Feb. 9, 2024, Ford said. They'll begin shipping the vehicle to dealers after the review is complete.
The WorkStar is commonly custom-built, and has many different layouts. All models are available as 4x2, [a] the 7300-7500 have all-wheel drive 4x4 models. The 7400-7600 are available with both 6x4 and 6x6 tandems, and the 7600 can have an unusual 8x6 layout, with a three driven axle "tridem".
The following is a list of vehicles that feature hidden headlamps (also called pop-up headlights). [1] The vast majority of hidden headlamps are on cars, however, there are a handful of vehicles included in the list that do not fit this category. These include motorcycles, buses and trains.
Hidden headlamps first appeared on the Cord 810 in November 1935 at the New York Auto Show [1] and shortly after on a custom example of the Alfa Romeo 8C in 1936. [2] In the Cord, a pair of cranks on either side of the dashboard could be turned by hand to bring out the headlamps when needed. [ 3 ]