[Auto] Let there be light: DS Automobiles and its lighting technologies

[FNX Magokiler]

If something has characterized DS Automobiles models since their inception, it is the treatment of light, both to ensure the highest level of safety when driving at night or in circumstances of low visibility, and to generate lighting effects that create an unmistakable signature and spectacular, which has become one of the great hallmarks of the brand.

Like many of the features that distinguish DS Automobiles in the premium universe, this special attention to the headlights takes its inspiration directly from the legendary DS.

In 1967, that legendary model debuted one of its most memorable innovations: directional headlights. Thanks to a complex network of mechanical elements and piano strings, it was possible for the auxiliary headlights to rotate with the wheels to illuminate the inside of the curves, while the main projectors incorporated an automatic height corrector, to keep the light beam always at the same level. same level. This device allows you to avoid dazzling drivers traveling in the opposite direction.

Since then, the technology has evolved and the different variations in height and rotation angle of the projectors are carried out by means of small electric motors. In addition, the lights turn on both the high and low beams. At the same time, the use of cameras and sensors allows the intensity of the light beam to be perfectly regulated, to adapt to both the road and the presence of other motorists.

 

 

Always ensuring maximum visibility without glare.

In just a few years, the DS Automobiles range has gone from equipping halogen headlights to modern lights with a Full LED system, including Xenon headlights. In terms of luminosity, and therefore security, these systems have no point of comparison. The light from a halogen headlight cannot withstand the confrontation with that of a Full LED projector, both in terms of luminosity and visual comfort, given that the colors of its light beams are in tune with human vision, therefore which produces less visual fatigue. In 2015, the DS 5 launched the brand's lighting signature with projectors that incorporated LED and Xenon technologies, as well as sequential turn signals. With a treatment reminiscent of precious stone inserts.

On board the current DS 3 and DS 4, this approach has evolved to the MATRIX LED VISION headlights, which evoke a series of jewels that give a modern and elegant air to the light signature. In addition, they give the possibility of driving with the lights at maximum power without worrying about dazzling the vehicle in front or the one approaching in the opposite direction.

 

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