Some industry experts have pointed out that laser headlights are the mainstream solution for future automotive lighting. Nowadays, after the halogen headlights, Xenon HIDs and LEDs, the headlights of the car have ushered in the laser headlights that have been applied to some high-end models. The constant innovation of automotive headlight technology also has its important significance. Nowadays, the evaluation of the lamp is not limited to a single indicator of the brightness of the lamp. The energy consumption, design and driving assistance functions of the lamp must be taken into consideration. Guotai Junan recently conducted a series of analysis on laser lights with the theme of laser lighting. Zhikujun took everyone to learn more about it.
In comparison, the green laser pointer lamp itself has many advantages such as high energy efficiency, small size and good directionality. Relevant survey analysis shows that although the market generally believes that the laser headlights are still in the concept product stage, as of now, the laser headlights have been successfully deployed in a variety of high-end models, and their popularity and market size have exceeded expectations.
In 2015, the production models equipped with laser headlights on the market were still quite limited, only the BMW i8, and the rest included a small number of concept models (such as the Audi R8, the total will not exceed 100). By 2016, some of the models in the BMW 7 Series were finally equipped with laser headlights. Due to the small inventory base, the output value of laser lamps was growing at a higher rate.
According to Research and Markets, the annual growth rate of laser headlights is as high as 267%. In the following, based on the sales of the BMW i8 and some 7 series, the market space is simply measured. According to the BMW annual report, the BMW i8 has a global sales volume of approximately 6,000 units in 2016 and the BMW 7 Series has a total sales volume of 60,000 units. The model of the headlights is conservatively estimated to account for 10%, which estimates that there are nearly 7,000 sets of annual production. Because the price of laser headlights is relatively expensive, it is about 10,000 US dollars, and it can be inferred that the market size in 2016 is nearly 70 million US dollars. With a growth rate of 267%, the 2020 laser headlight market will reach $3.5 billion.
In addition, the Yole market research report said that the global automotive lighting market will be approximately $27 billion in 2020. It is estimated that the output value of laser lamps will account for about 8% of the automotive lighting market. Considering that the price of laser lamps is much higher than other types, the penetration rate is about 5%. It can be seen that the prospect of the green laser pointer industry is quite broad.
Some industry experts have pointed out that laser headlights are the mainstream solution for future automotive lighting. Looking back, after the halogen headlights, Xenon HIDs and LEDs, the headlights of the car ushered in the laser headlights that have been applied to some high-end models. Laser lamps have great advantages in terms of brightness, energy consumption and shape design. Although the manufacturing cost is high at this stage, the mass production process is close to maturity. After the expected cost reduction, the penetration rate will rapidly expand and become the automotive lighting market. The important composition.
At the same time, we can see that the speed of the replacement of headlight technology is accelerating. In fact, since 2004, LED headlights have been active in the design of headlights, and intelligent LED headlight systems such as adaptive high beam have come out. In 2014, the BMW i8 became the first production car equipped with a laser high beam. The iterative replacement of car headlights is accelerating, and the popularity of laser lights will be faster than people expected. According to the analysis of the penetration path of Xenon LED composite lamps, LED headlights and LED matrix lamps from top to mid-range vehicles, laser lights will appear in most high-end models in 2018 and become the standard for mid-size cars in 2025. Configuration, the potential market size is up to tens of millions.