Hella is to play a lead role in a German federal government sponsored research project aimed at improving traffic safety at at dusk and in low-light conditions.
The German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) will be sponsoring the research project “VoLiFa2020” over the next three years. This joint effort is working to develop a fully adaptive automobile headlight system and is being financed under the “Photonics Research Germany” program.
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Project partners include lighting systems manufacturer Hella, heading the effort, Elmos Semiconductor AG, Merck, the Porsche Engineering Group, Schweizer Electronic AG and the University of Paderborn.
The planned system will enable lighting that can intelligently and seamlessly adapt to various specific driving conditions in “almost real-time”. Vehicles will be able to selectively illuminate a wide variety of traffic conditions, thereby allowing drivers to detect dangerous situations and obstacles much faster.
The research consortium, led by the lighting systems manufacturer Hella, covers nearly the entire research and value chain of a headlight system, from development to the user.
For those participating in the project, the headlight system being developed offers a diverse range of potential applications, from use in cars and other classes of vehicles such as trucks and buses, to the application of individual project components in other branches of industry.
