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Xenon Fact Sheet

News Releases

Motor Vehicle Parts Suppliers Submit Petition Asking for Reconsideration of NHTSA Lighting Regulations

Xenon light 'saves lives', says TÜV Rheinland study and protects the environment

The Motor Vehicle Lighting Council Announces New Officers

New Lighting Technologies Can Potentially Reduce 2,300 Pedestrian Fatalities

Xenon Headlight Availability Grows 21 Percent in 2005 Model Year, According to the Motor Vehicle Lighting Council

Motor Vehicle Lighting Council Names New Officers;
Continues Effort with NHTSA to Update Automotive Lighting Standards

Motor Vehicle Lighting Council Launches Redesigned Website to Inform Public About Advanced Automotive Lighting Technologies

Vision Experts: Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology Joins Motor Vehicle Lighting Council as Affiliate Member

MVLC Offers Nighttime Driving Tips

MVLC Names Officers

MVLC Formed

Lighting in the News

Car Buyers to See the Light in LEDs - USA Today November 1, 2006

Summertime Driving and Xenon Lighting Discussed on KATC TV 3 News in Lafayette, Louisiana

Automotive and Trucking Lighting Companies Support Rewrite of Federal Motor Vehicle Lighting Standards

MVLC Night Driving Tips - Chicago Tribune February 2006

JD Power Notes Benefits of Audi A6's bi-xenon lighting

Suppliers: Better headlights save lives - Automotive News November 21, 2005

Bright News—LEDs next frontier in forward-lighting safety - Ward's AutoWorld August, 2005

Bright headlights under review - Detroit News Auto Insider May 17, 2005

Automakers could reduce traffic fatalities simply with better headlights - Automotive Insight March 9, 2005

Don't Be in the Dark About Vehicle Lighting Issues - Underhood Services November 2004

Bulb Cultivation - The Manufacturer July 2004

Lighting Makers Combat Criticism of Xenon Lamps - Detroit Auto Scene June 2004

NHTSA Has Xenon in Its High Beams - Ward's AutoWorld April 2004

LEDs will begin to replace bulbs by '06 - Automotive News Europe

The Bright Future of Headlights

Fog Lamps, Blue Lamps and DRLs

Xenon Growing, but are BIG3 seeing the Light? - WardsAuto, July 2003

Xenon Lights do not Glare - Automotive Insight, John Mcelroy, July 2003

Xenon Headlights Prove popular with owners - OSI Press Release, June 2003

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Response Documents

NHTSA AFS (Adaptive Forward Lighting System) Response

NHTSA Glare Response

What the Experts Say About Xenon Headlights

Studies/Research Papers

AAA Glare Study

UMTRI SAE Xenon Report: Driving with Xenon Headlamps: A Review of Research Findings

Abstracts

Chromatic Aberrations Near the Cutoff of Low-Beam Headlamps

Driver Performance and Workload Using a Night Vision System

Resources

Xenon Brochure

Photos/Images / Videos

This video educates motorists on the dangers of overdriving and demonstrates how new technologies, such as Xenon lighting, can help make nighttime driving safer.

Media Contact

Jeremy Denton
Executive Director
jdenton@mema.org

10 Laboratory Dr
PO Box 13966
RTP, NC 27709

Phone: 919.406.8846
Fax: 919.406.1306