I actually tested a sr yesterday. I was not super impressed by matrix but it was pleasant that no one flashed me so a huuuuge improvement from old tesla headlights. I have a nio et7 and was generally impressed by the nippy and nimble ride of the highland. So comfy and nice ride too. And soundsystem at least on par with rhe nio. Kinda impressed and i actually miss it. Used to have a 21 m3p so felt a bit like coming back home. Only thing i did not like is the blinkers. Useless in rouadabouts. I actually regret handing it in yesterday wish i kept it and took it for a drive today as well
The new headlight of highland is significantly dimmer than the previous model, however the illumination of the matrix module has better uniformity. What's more important is that it has permanently solved the dazzling problem of lowbeam in the previous model by adjusting the shape of the cut-off line.
Made the same observations like you did about it. Very responsive and working quick for the most part. Some trucks will flash at you but they did it in my Volvo too, so I guess it's because the truck drivers are sitting high and get the annoying lights in their faces before the car detects the lights of the truck. I'm really pleased to have matrix lights now because I really missed them from my Volvo.
Since my 2021 model 3 had this update I have been extremely impressed with the matrix system. It has had a couple of misses when oncoming traffic lights are hidden by the guard rail, particularly on an uneven road or hills.
Recommendation @Bjørn Nyland. When testing lights, do a repeatable test at a fixed exact location so you can make comparisons, similar concept as your excellent charging tests / races. Keep you the good work 🙂
@bjornnyland I think he’s merely saying to do repeated tests on the same care on the same route to get the results of the review. Also, as the other commenter mentioned, please be kind in your comments, not everyone is implying negativity in their reason for commenting. Also, if you zigzagging to test, the car in front of you thought that you were impatient and wanted to pass, just as a kind mention, perhaps have a companion in front of you to do certain tests to check how the lights behave with the metrix lights.
Just did a long night drive in sweden with the highland. Agree. The lights are sorta... anemic? But the adaptive matrix light stuff works great. Now im just waiting for auto wiper improvements 💀
Can the Highland actually write Tesla on the wall? I heard someone claimed only the older model will do that. The Highland lights doesn’t have the same resolution. Has anyone tested?
The camera for the Matrix lights are usually top of the windshield and the lights are way lower on the front of the car. So if the camera can’t see a car over an obstacle, the other car surely can’t be blinded by your headlights 😊
I think you need to do some two car testing. It would be nice to see the lights from a car coming in the other direction as well as a car that the highland is following. Thanks for the video.
Bjørn, what do you expect from the “old” Tesla matrix lights fitted to the older model 3’s and Y’s, when they get the software upgrade to unlock the matrix function - they should be with more individual LED’s, potentially being better? Thx for great content. Greetings from Denmark
i dont personally mind the number of projections the module does, bcuz i prefer less modules and fast response, i mind if headlights are bright and deep enough..both aspects can be fixed by software if this leds are dimmable. For now we can actually appreciate the effort tesla is putting in finally releasing matrix functions.
When the older Teslas get this update, they should have a much higher resolution because Highland doesn't have as many pixels to write Tesla on the wall.
This type of lighting system is incredible, but the price that comes with them is outrageous. I’m not just talking about Tesla, BMW, Toyota, Mercedes are all doing the same thing. They are milking their customers to the tune of 3€500-€5000 to replace these types of lights, please remember this price is only the product. This has nothing to do with the installation and reprogramming that it works with your vehicle. This price is only for one headlight which means if you have to replace both of them, it’s double the punch. Who would ever imagine that we would pay up to 8,000 to 10,000 just to replace headlights. I guess that’s what they call a game changer.
1:28 why turn back in the lane, sure the person wanted you to pass but with 0 distance and pass center line then rocks etc can easily damage the car behind. Why not say a few meters in the left lane?
Funny fact that the first car in front pulled over because was blinded to much. Maybe the weather conditions were to bad but I could not see any different to auto high beam. No curve light, no corner light, no masking of traffic signs. And you need new wipers.
@@pietruszka2194I don't want more powerful lights, I want lights that work at high speeds with oncoming traffic. With more powerful lights I'd have to turn off my highbeams even earlier than I do already.
Late... but free of charge. On what 40k€ 600l 5 places BMW do you have matrix LED? And can you share with us your experience on BMW matrix Led versus Tesla? Because for me, seems very similar to what I know from BMW...
I like that it's not too bright, headlights in a lot of cars have gotten so excessively bright it's almost dangerous. Matrix lights take some time to register oncoming cars and turn off the lights, if I'm going through a hairpin turn I don't want it to be so bright the oncoming car is completely blinded by the time it manages to turn off. Also it's good that the lights turn off in cities and around streetlights, light pollution is a real issue and if it isn't needed it really shouldn't be on. When you're driving around residential areas you don't want to shoot highbeams into houses, and blinding pedestrians/cyclists, below 30 km/h highbeams really aren't needed anyways as lowbeams already cover way past your stopping distance at those speeds.
Now that it seems that 2021-2023 Model 3 and Model Y will get adaptive headlights in an upcoming update - do you consider that they will actually have better lights than the Highland? I blew 11.000,- on a Lazer Elite for my Y at Bilkomponenter on Thursday, thanks to your videos, so the update is probably just around the corner haha 😂
They will be way better. Just simply by the fact that the headlights are way better, they are bright but even more importantly have a larger spread. And also they have more individual pixels (around 120 compared to the crap 30 from the Highland) and they also can shift to the left and right a bit.
The non-Highland will be way better as the headlights are way better. They have way more Matrix-zones, they are generall brighter, have a better spread and can even be shifted to left or right if Tesla does it right. Shozld be coming soon, Tesla even officially stated this already. And it will be a free update for 3Refresh, Y, S&X
These matrix lights aren't the ones that can write tesla on the wall. Highland won't be able to do that. The old Model 3/Y and current S/X have a much higher resolution matrix arrangement than highland, which allows for writing "tesla".
@@wallstreet1469 the design itself. It's only got a handful of light modules, physically not possible to spell letters out, just not enough resolution compared to the projector style matrix on the older cars
Ok, thank you for the info. Were a little bit worried if the highland headlights really would do the job, so you mean i don't have to be worried? Drivning a lot in the swedish roads in the forests with a lot of wild animals
@@Christian-in2ok I would say that would be No problem. Great spread and great power output. Drive across all of Denmark last night in pitch dark conditions and the lights were great. They will be in a forest as well :)
Thanks for the review. However, I'm not trying to be rude, but please don't drive so erratically in traffic for the sake of testing, get someone you know to drive in front of you instead. You're confusing or scaring other drivers in front of you and may cause an accident.
Tested it for over 400km as I got soo many flashes from trucks from the opposite side. I don't know how good is for normal cars, but certainly not working as intended for bigger/taller trucks. Also, sometimes, if there are multiple signs, especially in areas where construction is happening, it goes APE sh1t due to the reflection. Goes on/off like crazy over and over. I eventually turned it off. I was excited but in the end it needs a LOT of work. Then again, I've never drove cars with adaptive headlights, so wtf do I know...
I do not know many 40k car that had matrix LED in 2015. Indeed, even today, this is very very rare because it is a 1500-2000€ option that only a little portion of the people take and certainly not o' a 40k car
@@jeanbaptistelabelle In 2015 Tesla did not sell 40K cars. They only sold S and X models. The cheapest Tesla S was over 60K $, even more in EU. It took Tesla until 2024 before they provided working matrix LED headlights on any model. That is being ~10 years behind market leaders.
@@Foersom_ sure.. On the other hand, my S from 2017 was taking the exit automatically 4 years before any other cars. I had Sentry mode 4 years before some cars at double the price offered that. I am still waiting Dog mode 5 years after it's introduction. Or also: - roaming of driver profile - Spotify account link to the profile - Netflix / Zoom / RU-vid / Disney Plus - opening the car just with your phone in your pocket with support of UWB to detect the driver from the other passagers - car who warn you that the red light turned green or the car in front of you left - auto blinker off ... I can stop there. Yes, you can find many of the features of the Tesla in cars that are almost double the price. But you have also many features unique to Tesla, even for car that are double or triple the price. So you can focus on one single feature but a car is a total package. So far, I do not know a single car, at any price, that offers all what Tesla offers. And the one that try to come close are almost double the price.
@@jeanbaptistelabellethere were plenty, even cheaper ones. And then there were systems like my old Passat, which had projector LEDs with shutters. They work better than the Matrix LED in this Video, much beighter as well. That was a 2018, but those headlights were introduced in 2015. Facelift (2020) had Matrix, which have more zones and react a bit quicker, but they don't stick to turns quite as impressively as the shutter LEDs did. Tesla still has a long way to go in terms of headlights... But hey, it's not like the entire ADAS is based around vision for Tesla...
I know, what is wrong with the drivers in front of you. The Matrix light doesnt see the tail lights of other cars as light it has to turn down the light for.... Thats why they pull over....
In Bjorn we trust, thanks. Here is a question on the spot, yesterday you had glitch with charging id7 , can you see Tesla connector coming to Norway like in USA , for example with referendum or so,or ccs2 is too deep rooted for now.
Tesla chargers and cars in Europe are CCS since 2019, except for first generation V2 chargers which have both NCAS and CCS plugs. Some of the early Model S and X cars also had NCAS plugs. There is no charging infrastructure in NCAS in Europe other than Tesla V2 chargers and no cars equiped with NCAS plugs other than some old Teslas. Tesla chargers with CCS plugs are just as reliable as Tesla chargers with NCAS plugs. Besides, I am not aware that the NCAS plug is in any way superior to CCS. As indicated by Danne89, CCS is compatible with 3phase electricity which is commonplace in Europe. Three phase current allows for thinner copper wires than monophase current which requires higher Amp ratings. So for Europe, CCS is superior to NCAS. In America, three phase current is not as wide spread. The problem is the high speed chargers other than Tesla's which are not 100% reliable. Then again, non Tesla chargers have to communicate with many different car brands. So the plug is not the issue, it is the hardware and software of the chargers and possibly the cars themselves.
Strange, my MY18 XC60 has matrix lights they work better than these matrix lights, no advancement here then… Watched many reviews of the new MY24 m3 and have a test scheduled for next weekend.
Tesla only uses the cars cameras for headlights, wipers, parking, etc... Tesla does not use dedicated hardware. It's for the sake of simplicity, reliability and low production costs. Your car probably has a dedicated camera for the matrix headlights, a dedicated electrical circuit with a processor, dedicated wiring. Same thing for the automatic wipers. So it's the Tesla way. Simpler, cheaper, but not necessarily better.
@@philipperapaccioli2868cheaper, yes. Simpler, no. Worse, yes. The headlight performance of Tesla is appaling compared to other cars... Most blinding car on the market, and yet terrible illumination for the driver as well.
@@kain0m It is simpler, that is why it is cheaper. Cars are tested by government regulators before they can be sold, and this covers headlights. So all cars on the road when new meet government regulations including the shape, spread, size and intensity of their light beams. That said, I agree that dedicated hardware, wiring and electronics probably yield better results for automatic wipers, automatic high beams, matrix lights, parking sensors etc..
@@patrickvoelz I’m just replying about weak, Bjorn, do you mean weak as in the motion and responsiveness? I thought you were referring to the brightness
About 8 out of 10 times when i get blinded by a meeting car with low beam/matrix (not working) its a Tesla, 1 out of 10 its a BMW. Rest is usually people with a front-heavy trailer out looking for a fishtail adventure.
The likelihood of you even having encountered 8 Teslas at night with matrix lights ever since the feature was introduced a couple days ago is rather low. 😂
@@hackbrettschorsch6855old teslas, low beam ones. The old teslas lights suck and shine way too bright on low usually.. These might be good 👍. By matrix i implied other brands with matrix - not sure if thats what the BMWs who keeps blinding is running, or what BMW calls it.
I think some of the problem of the weak power comes from norways „salz&schmutz fest“ like björn calls it at the new M3 is the headlights less high than previous so the slugish from the road tape a layer of dirt on the headlights. Tesla should implement headlight washers like polestar or some german cars. Grz from 🇨🇭