During the Summer, there have been quite a few regulatory updates which stand to affect our lighting community now and in the future. I’ve listed some major ones in this, your first DVNewsletter after Summer holiday. It’s not an exhaustive list, but just the main highlights.
One of the biggest: China’s regulators suddenly banned the turquoise autonomous-driving light on 27 July. Perhaps it was in reaction to the rapid proliferation of such lights on vehicles not capable of actual autonomous driving; they are now working actively on a proposal to have them back for AD status indication on L3 and L4 vehicles – maybe a common regulation with Europe (the VSR task force in GRE is actively working on it), supported by SAE J3134 already published, for a substantially harmonized worldwide set of requirements.
In our DVN deep dive into this ADS light last month, we mentioned the possibility that this light may be banned, as regulators were already discussing it even as most Chinese OEMs were putting these lights on their new cars revealed in Beijing, and the trend was quickly spreading to China-market models from non-Chinese brands like Buick, Audi, and VW.
This topic will be on the docket at our DVN Shanghai workshop next month, and surely there will be vigorous discussion amongst stakeholders to understand what the next steps will be and how the vehicle lighting supply chain may support and react.
I’m happy to be back after the Summer break, and I wish all DVN readers a smooth return to work. Hope to see you in China next month!
All the best,
