BMW Working On Laser Headlamps

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday September 6, 2011 @04:33AM from the hot-high-beams dept.

MrSeb writes "LED headlamps are only just trickling onto the market — mostly on high-end cars — but now it seems a certain German automaker has plans for laser headlamps. 'Laser light is the next logical step in car light development ... for series production within a few years in the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid,' says BMW. Lasers have the potential to be simultaneously more powerful, more efficient, and smaller than other headlamp types. Before you get too excited, though: the output of laser headlights will be modulated for safety."

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Ah wonderful by Osgeld · 2011-09-06 04:35 · Score: 5, Insightful

Its not like the HID lamps fucking blind you enough as it is, we need LASERS! so we can be blinded up to 2 miles away
Re:sharks are optional by nschubach · 2011-09-06 04:43 · Score: 5, Funny

Lasers give new meaning to "Beamer".

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Car Analogy + Lasers + Sharks by Anonymous Coward · 2011-09-06 04:46 · Score: 5, Funny

Put them on the Hyundai Tiburon.