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Osram provides BMW i8’s laser lights

Osram provides the headlamps for the optional laser high beams on the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid supercar. BMW says the i8’s laser lights use half the energy of light-emitting diode headlamps.

A laser diode can emit 170 lumens per watt compared with 100 lumens from LEDs. (A lumen is a unit of visible light.)

Osram opens LED plant in Wuxi, China

German supplier Osram has opened a plant in the Wuxi, eastern China, to package LEDs in housings for automotive customers.