Audi started making available an optional all-LED headlamp cluster on its R8 sports car last spring as a $5,600 option. The latest Audi R8 V10 that was made public in early December will integrate these LED lamp clusters as typical gear. The new R8 V10 is the initial vehicle on the planet to receive LEDs for both its high and low beams.
The LEDs employ only one quarter of the energy of the regular halogen lamps and Audi anticipates that energy consumption to fall by another half over the following decade. That constitutes a remarkable lowering in electrical load on the vehicle.
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