Since the German public in 1997, the Cool Blue (coolblue) lighting technology used in its fourth generation Golf has been the instrument panel, interior lighting for establishing brands, the increasingly more important. The new lighting solution introduced, bringing the car within the environment changes, especially at night while driving car lighting.
BMW Mini and the Ford Mustang owners have been able to on their own preferences, change the color of interior lighting. Some concept cars, such as the Land Rover LRX and the Dodge Zeo while they are more cutting-edge, leading to future production cars on the interior lighting changes. When the driver change transmission mode, from the "eco" mode switch to sports or daily quiet driving mode, LRX's interior lighting system corresponding to the color of lights change from green to red or blue.
The new design concept
More and more designers are committed to providing a well-designed for the vehicle interior environment, especially through a variety of new methods of interior lighting for night driving to create a comfortable environment. Designers are trying to leg room and the door trim Department set up lights, set the lighting in the roof (downlighter), even of the interior fabric of the light. Land Rover LRX is in this respect may be the most strategic models, when you open the door LRX when the carpet will be light, very charming.
LED (light emitting diode) is very small in size, the price is very cheap, only a few pennies, but was able to have a very peculiar effect of the interior. Such as Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe thousands of dollars worth of the roof interior, the stars can produce the effect of air, romantic and elegant, the interior LED lights on the composition.
Automobile manufacturers and parts suppliers has come to realize that lighting in automotive interior design potential. Among these, many design concepts from mobile phones, consumer electronics, and even Boeing.
LRX's lighting design innovation from the Land Rover engineers to complete, not from the supplier. Similarly, the BMW Mini Series developed for its ambient lighting system. For most of the Mini car owners, can change the atmosphere of light, a Mini biggest selling point. System allows the atmosphere of light in a spectrum from cold to warm change change. Blue is the most cold colors, and pink are usually young girls like.
This may change in atmosphere for the interior lights, the most positive feedback from children. Because they usually sit in the back of vehicles, to fully feel the atmosphere of the color of light from the door to the B pillar of the changes.
Jaguar XF in their new car designed a phosphor blue interior lighting system. Switch on the console and controller blue light with a micro-light highlights. Designer said that this was a Motorola Razr phone keypad by inspiration. Puma and some of its competitors, there are a number of different lighting options, such as when the occupants open the door or ride, the system will change by the car lights, expressed greetings to the people.

Technological innovation suppliers
Automotive interior design for this new demand, the world's major supplier of lighting products, such as Automotive Lighting, Sidler Automotive, CML Innovative Technologies, 3M, and Hella, etc., are constantly developing new technology and application programs.
Mainly to provide the adhesive and tape products based 3M, in the field of automotive lighting is a new entrant, it hopes to have applied to other areas of technology to the interior lighting, the company has some of the new system will be in Europe the use of certain new models. The new LED lighting technology suppliers and providers are leading the automotive interior lighting changes, and give designers more design space.
At present, the interior lighting is to the direction of non-direct lighting, door panels and instrument panel light-emitting section (lines of light) by a small LED mounted on a rigid model light pipe (rigid molded light guide) in the. Now, suppliers have been able to deformable (flexible) of the light pipe.
Hella is the lighting in the field of big brands, but also the first to introduce the concept of the internal atmosphere of lighting supplier. Hella that, for the interior lighting for the next challenge is not to increase lighting, but to ensure that the environment inside the vehicle's actual operation and use of state match. This is also the suppliers demand more, such as vehicle design lighting design must be more early intervention, also during the day and night lighting style must be coordinated.
Research shows that the different preferences of consumers of color difference is very large, women are usually more sensitive to color.
For suppliers, the production of any lighting system of a color are not difficult, but the key is whether drivers will be driving each day, the choice of different interior lighting colors. Typically, consumers start enthusiasm is very high, but a long time tend to lose interest. This requires OEMs and lighting suppliers to do more market research.
Future trends in interior lighting
LED, low power consumption, and there are 20 thousand hours of life, will soon replace the traditional incandescent bulbs, giving designers more design space for.
Multi-color interior mood lighting will be used in future models in. Brands and interior mood lighting and color link.
3M and Visteon Partner ongoing Lights (light strings) and flat-rays (flat light sheets) of the study.
Citroen Grand Picasso has used in its non-touch-the Hella door storage box lighting. Jaguar XF Sidler used on the company's products, but also used a similar sensor system.
Rolls-Royce Phantom on his roof interior design stars, from BMW Dingolfing factory workers hand-built. The system is controlled by the 1600 fiber roof star pattern, and a random pattern, owners can have their own star-shaped mark, such as a Japanese owners of their company's Logo on the star logo in.