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New Invisible Lighting Wants to Radically Change the Way Cars Look
Magna LitGate is the first example of automotive lights invisibly embedded into bodywork. It could change styling while making future autonomous cars more trustworthy. Subscribe to CNET: Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser extension 👉 Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on TikTok: 0:00 Magna…
ColtsFan4Life 35
July 2, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Car manufacturers and auto shops will love this. Instead of changing a light fixture they’ll have to replace entire panels. That’s more money for them.🤷🏿♂️ Cool idea but very impractical and not consumer friendly in my opinion
DJL
July 2, 2022 at 4:13 pm
I prefer candle light and horses.
DarkAlpha
July 2, 2022 at 4:25 pm
Yay now I can write F off on my car for pleasure
RAK
July 2, 2022 at 4:56 pm
just imagine. you would need an Adblocker for your car if Samsung decided to produce one of these.
Nothing
July 2, 2022 at 11:08 pm
Really curious on why you specfically called out Samsung here lol
fcfdroid
July 2, 2022 at 4:56 pm
Brian is the 🐐 of auto reviews
MICHAEL ABRAMS
July 2, 2022 at 5:31 pm
You’re going to still need reflectors so parked cars are visible in the dark.
cowboy Harry♐
July 2, 2022 at 5:36 pm
Hello, 2o3o’s back end
MrArchangel2200
July 2, 2022 at 5:47 pm
We may finally get that much needed U-Turn signal from this…
YouAndImpact
July 2, 2022 at 6:13 pm
Amazing 👍
Ken O'Day
July 2, 2022 at 7:38 pm
Safety trumps tech. Would I really want some idiot who blacks out his taillights so that you need to be less than 10 feet away to see them when they’re lit at night to customize the lighting on his car? Probably not.
rickyay26
July 2, 2022 at 7:38 pm
More snake oil, unless it’ll allow me to program the middle finger.
rubenrar1
July 2, 2022 at 8:12 pm
In my opinion I did not really see a strong argument for the new light setup but is it for people who do not change the bulbs and their light assembly or using their turn blinker? Then this technology will make bad drivers more predictable LOL because other than that I don’t see much benefit to it.
I'm Out
July 2, 2022 at 8:32 pm
Especially in regard to reducing road rage thru courteous communication, I think we badly need a standardized messaging system for motor vehicles that allows the driver to indicate his or her intentions when maybe a turn signal isn’t quite enough – and to say Thank You and maybe two or three more polite and approved messages.
Rodrigo Covarrubias
July 2, 2022 at 9:01 pm
car designer DO love lights. they treat them like jewelry.
James DeLap
July 2, 2022 at 9:10 pm
Until you have a fender bender. . .And have to replace COMPLEXITY.
Michael Kennedy
July 3, 2022 at 3:50 pm
Fender benders replace complexity in every aspect of the car. This is just a new component. Don’t fear it. Embrace it.
Cryptonymicus
July 2, 2022 at 9:12 pm
Sounds like it’ll make body repairs 10x more expensive for completely unnecessary enhancements.
REEZY
July 2, 2022 at 9:20 pm
Imagine getting pulled over for broken taillight cause a few of em failed to glow up
Kerleem
July 2, 2022 at 9:37 pm
MY DUDE BRIAN COOLEY!
Darrel Peters
July 2, 2022 at 10:09 pm
Wait…..isn’t Hyundai already doing some of this in the front grill with the Tucson and the Santa Cruz?🤷🏽♂️
Freddie the Fly
July 3, 2022 at 6:04 am
Nahhhh, in the Tucson the lights are in the grille so when they are off you really can’t see them, but they are standard lights, not part of body panels.
Robothut
July 2, 2022 at 10:20 pm
So now when the new lights stop working you get to pay to have a body panel changed out. What a deal.
Michael Kennedy
July 3, 2022 at 3:48 pm
Or just tighten a loose wire. These might be way easier to fix than we think.
SkidMarks
July 2, 2022 at 11:13 pm
Wait a minute, the Semi trucks in Battlefield 2042 may be right
Totally Plugged In
July 3, 2022 at 12:04 am
Agreed 100%! Additionally they probably require less raw materials to build this better for the environment!
Andrew
July 3, 2022 at 12:57 am
While this is good for safety, at the same time you can lose distinctiveness in car design.
Comment Highlighted
July 3, 2022 at 1:01 am
I think it’s awesome. I wonder how efficient it is 🙂
Hess Truck Books & More
July 3, 2022 at 1:22 am
Cool
4leafclover
July 3, 2022 at 1:49 am
I want a ‘back off buddy’ light up on the rear bumper when sensor detects too close proximity.
Alexander Moen
July 3, 2022 at 2:52 am
I always thought it’d be great to have some sort of lighting system that talked smack to bad drivers. “Nice merge, jerk!” and things like that.
definitely not obama
July 3, 2022 at 7:03 am
That’s what your middle finger is for
Nicholas Smith
July 5, 2022 at 12:57 am
@definitely not obama unfortunately middle fingers can be missed and/or not seen from a distance.
M Prado
July 3, 2022 at 4:28 am
Hyundai is already done it on the sonata fender chrome molding
Mladen Milić
July 3, 2022 at 5:18 am
Modern cars have lights that are too bright.
Cronos X Cronos
July 3, 2022 at 6:35 am
My father who was an auto mechanic for 30+ years and myself used to talk about this subject. Cars have been basically the same with superficial “improvements”. Until a car can actually levitate and defy gravity; then we are talking. All the stuff about lighting and looks about a car keeps being mostly BS. The car is still dependent on the wheel, and you can’t re-invent the wheel; until you get rid of the wheel and make the car fly.
fatcrruise
July 3, 2022 at 10:11 am
How bout electric ans hydrogen car
Cronos X Cronos
July 3, 2022 at 10:19 am
@fatcrruise But still they got to run on four wheels. Same thing.
Michael Kennedy
July 3, 2022 at 3:38 pm
In some ways I agree. All of the asphalt and concrete all over the place is too much. I’d rather have more green grass.
E. A.
July 3, 2022 at 11:45 am
I don’t like the potential for the lights to have distracting messages or even images, obscene or whatever else.
Michael Kennedy
July 3, 2022 at 3:37 pm
That’s what regulations are for. Anyone who customizes them to that extent can be fined.
Zhanat Qaltayev
July 3, 2022 at 2:19 pm
Thanks C Net
Ochard KEO
July 3, 2022 at 2:30 pm
Imagine fixing the dent or broken light.
The cost of replacing a whole light panel…..
Human Person
July 3, 2022 at 3:07 pm
“Tailgating Preventative Lighting” is required now. Try violet as a color. Readable easily by driver and automated systems. Safe distance = no appearance. Modulated drama as tailgating begins. A true light show as unstoppable distances develop.
fungussa
July 3, 2022 at 7:09 pm
There’s a somewhat novel solution for many drivers, that does away with the lighting issue, and it’s currently available: the pair of legs that most of you have, and then bicycles and mass transit.
Nicholas Smith
July 5, 2022 at 12:56 am
Bicycles and mass transit use lights as well.
John Gyver
July 3, 2022 at 7:10 pm
At first it’ll be cool, then people will figure out that they can show ads on that thing and it’ll no longer be cool.
hammertlme
July 3, 2022 at 8:43 pm
I think this is already planned for the Fisker PEAR.
Orlando James
July 3, 2022 at 10:23 pm
This guy carries this channel
Ian Weetman | Ion + The Spectres of Light
July 3, 2022 at 11:48 pm
Yes please!
Event
July 4, 2022 at 4:29 am
Most will be illegal in California 🤣
Slow and Deliberate
July 4, 2022 at 8:10 am
I like fixed lights.
To me this is trying to fix a nonexistent problem.
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neoamaru
July 4, 2022 at 9:31 am
Don’t feel bad if i rear-end you while i stare at your wallpaper…or read your far-right slogans 🤣🤣
good initiative though..i guess..
Ben Wee consult with
July 4, 2022 at 11:58 am
Thanks for the feature in your timeline!
Ken Fromchicago
July 4, 2022 at 1:01 pm
It would be nice to have lights say I’m sorry, okay, please, thank you, etc, to defuse a lot of road rage situations.
Dane Pittman
July 4, 2022 at 2:12 pm
It’s like with leds you have to replace the whole light module, now you’ll just need a new trunk and body panel. It is cool though.
ItHurtzWenIP 31
July 4, 2022 at 7:14 pm
Not if you have a computer chip gooes bad, it’ll be like an iPhone, you’ll have to ship your car to the manufacturer and wait a year to get it back. Not worth it, I’ll take my actual lights any day.
regieds
July 4, 2022 at 9:29 pm
No thanks, I’d rather pay $5 to replace a burnt out light, rather than thousands.
Nicholas Smith
July 5, 2022 at 12:54 am
As long as all manufacturers use separate lighting elements for the running light, brake and indicator lights and that the indicator lights are amber I’ll be happy. Most manufacturers in North America can’t even get that right yet and the European brands change their tailllights for the worse and sometimes unnecessarily, for North America. Once they demonstrate they know how to make a basic taillight then we can let them loose on a blank canvas.
edmondov
July 5, 2022 at 6:00 am
Anything is good in concept until you have to mass produce
Paul Wujek
July 5, 2022 at 5:59 pm
Cars still need reflectors to make them visible when parked on un-lighted roads – those are going to need to be visible.
Brien G aka PLAN-B
July 5, 2022 at 8:20 pm
And here’s the future – downloadable light patterns for our cars.
Pdubz21
July 5, 2022 at 10:13 pm
Been reading the comments… & idk what it is that people understanding…it’s. A. Panel! Not. Individual bulbs!
Tony
July 5, 2022 at 11:45 pm
So a oled panel with a thick plastic cover.
Adambomb
July 6, 2022 at 12:17 am
I like the new logo cnet!