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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
The LEDs he described ARE "trendy" (and ugly too). The common thread in the design is the way they go out of their way to exploit the small concentrated light output from individual LEDs to make a styling statement that says "LOOK AT ME I HAVE LEDS AND YOU DON'T!!!"
There's absolutely no reason that LEDs cannot be used with a tasteful lens or light pipe to provide a nice even light source without the "dots" look everyone is sporting.
Now that Hyundai and Kias are showing off their dotty lights you will see them abandoned as the ugly trend that they are. (This will be right about the time that GM decides to put them on the Camaro)
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When you say it like that you sound like, you are upset because "I have LEDs and you don't". And when they are simply diodes and the advantage is small size, low energy consumption why would you want to make them look like regular lamps? It's simply what they are.
Not arguing, but unless there is a new/better solution, energy consumption is critical for hybrids and EVs and you'll likely see more until that better solution presents itself.
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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
This brings up a question that has always annoyed me...
We all know LEDs are better and more reliable and have a lot of advantages, so why is it that so many cars with LED tail lights have a regular incandescent bulb in the turn signal?
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I believe it is because your backup lamp must actually project light similar to a headlamp where as the brake lights only have to light up.
As you've noticed, very few cars use LED headlamps, most are simply running lamps or worse, from this thread, simply decorative. I think the Escalade has LED headlamps and they are pretty nice, but they cost more money to actually project a beam vs. just lighting up.