Volvo C40 Pixel headlights test 

The turning lights were really something else! Impressive!

The turning headlight be like... Ayooo imma policecruiser searching spotlight

OMG, how fast these headlight, this is the best best I've seen until now

These might be some of the best I’ve seen on your channel. I personally think they look a bit better aligned than the polestar with better height coverage and less of a streaky beam pattern. They also appear brighter than the EQS and the Audi/Porsche digital matrix lamps, although obviously the resolution and features are lacking. But on the other hand it seems way more responsive in adaptive mode, the intense hotspot is wider than the laser lights or EQS, and the turning function is great and more helpful than other systems that smooth out the response. It does kind of look like they aren’t physically turning but instead shifting the elements to either side - I wonder if this is the case and whether it’s unable to handle having them on all at once (thermal limit?) or whether it’s limiting brightness to avoid dazzling you and to take advantage of target fixation in the corners. And yeah, the weird behavior seems like a software glitch but perhaps it’s there for a reason that we aren’t aware of. I could live with the delay after leaving slow/lit/populated areas, but the inconsistency of ADB vs AHB is jarring. Still, I’d take these over anything we get in the US right now. Videos can’t completely telegraph lighting performance, but I’d rate these, the taycan, i4, polestar, and EQS as great (with each having minor downsides which means none of them are perfect). The Audi/VW/Sköda matrix lights, Tesla matrix lights, EV6, and some others I can’t remember are just nice, but seem to compromise headlamp performance to implement ADB, particularly intensity and beam coverage. I can’t remember if you’ve tested a truly bad ADB system that wouldn’t be worth the upgrade, but I’m sure there are some that would be a downgrade from a really good traditional setup (if you’re not always driving on two lane backroads with lots of traffic). These may be the most illustrative of the response adaptive lights are capable of - seeing the shaded box move cleanly with traffic and watching the segments turn on right behind an oncoming car passing you is mesmerizing. It almost looks like the CGI demo videos Hella, Valeo, etc. we’re putting out years ago. I wonder how far we are from a world where night driving is no less safe than daytime driving…

Due to the "global semiconductor shortage" Volvo/Polestar have stopped offering Pixel and Turning Headlights options in my country to improve delivery times :(

so nice headlights !!!! superb

Awesome review, Bjorn! Thanks!

Cool video. Thank you mate.

Love good quality headlights, Mercedes were blocking out cars with their LED lights about 5 years ago. Great test Bjorn.

Great lights. I have been driving with yellow headlights for most of my life. I changed to LED a year ago. I think rhey are easy on eyes as well

Fantastic headlights. Good job Volvo!

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Bjørn, the cars get confused by the reflectors on the poles and middle of the highway on E6. I have the same issue with my BMW. The reflectors are positioned too high and too bright and that confuses the system by triggering the sensors. You can see that you don't have the same problem elsewhere.

These are certainly some really good lights. I just don't like that dark horizontal line in the middle of the beam. I notice this on almost every LED-based headlight. With Xenon I didn't see that.

I have these on my Volvo S60. Awesome lights 👍👍

How quick the high beam is to switch back on when cars have passed the other way should be the same when going from street light to no street light. That delay is always frustrating

That man risking his life to show us how the headlight moves from left to right is what I call true dedication. Thank you, and have my like and subscibtion

Volvo C40 have headlight same multi beam led in my CLS53. Nice. 👍😊

Thanks! I was wondering how it works on Volvos!

It probably detects the motorway (higher speed) and if there is no traffic for some time it will switch to just automatic from adaptive. In my car (MEB), for example, above 110 kmph it will raise the low beam a little bit, for better (further) visibility at high speeds. Clearly they all implement some kind of motorway exceptions.. but I don't know why they would prefer high/low beam switch rather than matrix segments. Maybe the higher speed and busy traffic would mean working the adaptive system too hard? Either way, these lights are awesome.

It would be very interesting to see how these adaptive lights look like from the other cars perspective. I have ID.3 and I have not noticed that other cars would flash me, but a lot of trucks do. I think ID.3 does not recognize trucks as well as regular cars.

very nice and sharp light

Tack👍🌹

Wow. Impressive and the NORMAL way headlights should turn. By the way Bjorn, I guess with this headlights you wont be making another moose video în the near future? :)

Thank you for doing these headlight videos. I would love to have these lights on a car in the US.

The rear lights are impressive too

very good headlights indeed. Maybe if you go too fast than its when it only switches of and on the high beam, you should try going 100km\h or 90km\h on highway maybe than it will remain in auto pixel mode..?

Hey Bjorn, after driving this vehicle and the C40, how would you consider the implementation of the Pixel lights? Are they the same since Polestar is so similar to Volvo, or did you find one vehicle to have a better implementation? Also, the non-Performance version of the Polestar 2 is priced similarly to the C40 twin. Do you think they are a similar value and performance, or does one clearly outshine the other? Yes, I know the Polestar is a sedan, but overall how would you rate these 2 vehicles head-to-head? Thanks!

On google maps there is a plane "parked" on the farm. I'm sure it didn't have good enough headlights XD. Er lysene forresten bedre enn på Polestar2, eller omtrent det samme?

Even with these excellent headlights I can't see the airplane above the barn shown in google maps. ;-) 2W4X+FP Slattum, Norge

Pixel lights are the same as with the Polestar 2. Polestar had them first and then later on the latest build XC40 and from the start the C40.

The Pixel Lights are not available in many Countrys (for example Germany), because the Chip shortage. So i'm interessted on a Video about the normal LED Lights.

Unfortunately, Pixel lights won’t be available in Thailand for the upcoming C40 delivery. 😭 and it’s so damn good!

Whats even more impressive is the fact that these are reflective LED if am not mistaken as oppose to LED in projector housing in other car Actually i made a mistake i though they were similar to the XC90

Will these lights do the same thing on the American models?

Badger, snake, mushroom... not many people will remember memes that old... sorry sorry, such CLASSIC memes. :D

Hi Bjorn Thanks for an excellent review. A question, have you tested the XC40/C40 with LED lights without Pixel Tech ? Regards from Sweden :)

I'm fairly certain these headlights are exactly the same as in the Polestar. No differences.

Concerning the adaptive vs. only highbeam on motorway: It is depending on the vehicle speed and / or „motorway recognition“ if the system activates the adaptive system or the auto on/off system (according to the manual).

Hei . Eg have just Been at Volvo Åsane . Those pixels light . They will not deliver those lights . But my xc40 will come 11 April . One week earlier. Da blir det påsketur med ny bil😀

Verry verry nice Lights. Me wants them ... :)))

Nice technology. I wonder how reliable this system is in the long run. Also, I don't understand why the rear turn signals are still incandescent instead of LED. It doesn't make any sense.

When using the same lights in my Polestar 2, I get many drivers flashing furiously at me. I checked driving another car and having a friend drive mine. They work, I am not blinded. So - why do some drivers flash me? I think it might be because the light projected up in the trees around the road makes them believe I have not dipped lights and they want to teach a lesson about courtesy. So annoying that I now stopped using them and just dip manually.

@13:25 you see the animals crossing the road? :o @Bjorn Nyland

Think about opposite side rider!!

Due to chip shortage Polestar has already withdrawn the pixel lights from their offer, can they still be ordered on the new c40?

waiting for thai version

I wish Volvo headlights had better uniformity. Just like with my Volvo, the car has noticeable less-lit stripe near the car. Probably the price we must pay for cool Thor hammer design.

If it's like VW group, highbeam turns on only after a set speed, irrespective of streetlights. The roundabout is interesting at 8:55 the van got flashed. Tesla better hurry to enable their PixCell LEDs (they have better resolution 100px, instead of 84)

Booyaa

I think Audis laser lights may be a bit better.

worst Volvo without safety night

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