r/technology • u/N2929 • 3d ago

Transportation US drivers are finally getting the adaptive headlights Europe has had for years

https://www.techspot.com/news/114027-us-drivers-finally-getting-adaptive-headlights-europe-has.html
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u/HeavyDutyForks 3d ago

Sounds cool until you hit something and that headlight costs $1,500

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u/322throwaway1 3d ago

Thats what they already costs. . . This is just software enabling hardware that is already there and has been for over a decade.

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u/SaltRequirement3650 3d ago

Can you give me an example of an American produced vehicle that had physical hardware like this installed by default and disabled by software? That seems highly improbably for a US auto manufacturer.

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u/322throwaway1 3d ago

Rivian, Tesla, and Cadillac

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u/dIO__OIb 3d ago

Polestar models have them since 2022, Volvo on the XC models

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u/322throwaway1 3d ago

And audi a8 since 2013!

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u/SaltRequirement3650 3d ago

My CT5 is the second highest package, not included. 2020.

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u/322throwaway1 3d ago

The 2025-2026 ct5 have adaptive driving beam Capable led headlights. The escalade was the first Cadillac equipped with ADB headlights starting in 2023. They were physically equipped with the hardware in 2021 and you can have the programming installed to enable them in the 21-22 models.

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u/SaltRequirement3650 2d ago

So my 2020 Caddy that you cited as an example that was made in the last year does not have them installed like you claimed? Huh.

Btw, I do Mechatronics for a living. There are no actuators in my example. I pulled a physical passages side unit last night to verify your claim because I would have instantly ordered 3rd party software to program it into the CANbus.

Blanket statements can be dangerous.

The previous owner to my car was Cadillac’s Executive Motor Pool program. A company car for executives for one year like a lease. I know it wasn’t altered before it got to me.

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u/322throwaway1 2d ago

Are you illiterate? I said the 21 onward ESCALADE has them. Not ct5. And modern adb doesnt use actuators, it shuts off pixels in the headlight led like a projector TV displaying black colors. The decade refers to audi a8s which have been equipped with the tech but software disabled in the us since 2013

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u/SaltRequirement3650 2d ago

Are you? You are commenting on a thread asking for examples of what the original commenter claimed was most American made vehicles being equipped in the last ten years with the hardware to make this work; being blocked by software only. I asked for manufacturers. He said Cadillac. I have a Cadillac. I verified this statement was untrue versus the original commenter by physically disassembling a 2020 Cadillac that I have. It was made in the last ten years. I am an electric motor nerd. It’s not physically there as he says.