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Having already announced the introduction of full LED headlights in its new 6-Series range, BMW is moving onto the next wave of advanced lighting technology with laser. BMW engineers are currently working on the introduction of laser light in car headlights, with the aim to improve safety as well as efficiency. Laser lighting is radically different from sunlight and other types of artificial lighting in common use today. Being monochromatic in nature and coherent, laser lighting can produce a near-parallel beam with intensity a thousand times greater than that of conventional LEDs. In addition, the high efficiency of laser lighting means that laser headlights have less than half the energy consumption of LED headlights, helping to save fuel ultimately. Whereas LED lighting generates only around 100 lumens (a photometric unit of light output) per watt, laser lighting generates approximately 170 lumens, about 70% more. From an application point of view, laser lighting diodes are very small as compared to the square-shaped cells in LED lighting, thus opening up more room for creativity when designing cars. If you are afraid that the laser lighting will burn up the pedestrian