During the WP29 meeting this past March, a new 09 series of amendments to UN Regulation № 48 was approved, and set to enter into force on 22 September. As this issue of your DVNewsletter goes live, that was two days ago; those amendments are now in force, so vehicles meeting them can now be homologated. The 09 amendments will become mandatory for new vehicle types in September 2027, and for all types in September 2030, except that for vehicle types N2, N3, O3, and O4—those have a one-year deferral to 2028 and 2031, respectively.
The main updates are mandatory static automatic headlamp levelling to reduce glare due to vehicle cargo and passenger loading, and a new “answer back” signal function with 3-second limit on welcome lighting scenarios.
This updated regulation including automatic levelling was in discussion for many years at GRE meetings, including by some very famous names in the lighting community; a lot of readers will remember the Klettwitz testing (Doc 1, Doc 2).
Do not miss also the final report of DVN Pune September 4-5 here
Sincerely yours,
