Interior lighting: Elevating the in-vehicle experience

Automakers have intensified focus to deliver higher in-vehicle experience to drivers and fellow passengers as modern vehicles transition from just a mode of transportation to the third living space after home and office. They are equipping new vehicles with better quality interiors, including seats and other trim components. In addition, automakers are using lights to illuminate the interiors of their next-generation vehicles to deliver higher onboard user experience.

For years, automakers offered very few interior lights in vehicles, including map lamps, dome lamps and some other auxiliary lamps here and there. While map lamps are placed on the roof just above the front seats, dome lamps are installed in the center of the roof. These lamps usually used conventional bulbs as light source and offered pale yellow light.

However, by the end of the 20th century, automakers started equipping their new vehicles with colorful lights that help improve ambience inside the interior of such vehicles, especially during night. Such lights, more commonly known as ambient lights, can be seen in many vehicles in areas, such as instrument panels, door trim panels, headliners, floor consoles, footwells and headliners. Automakers are increasingly using interior ambient lighting to reimagine the interior of their next-generation vehicles.

Our latest report on “Interior Lighting: Elevating the in-vehicle experience” discusses how interior lighting inside a vehicle is changing and how these lights are set to play key role in delivering higher in vehicle-experience to occupants. The report extensively uses S&P Global Mobility forecasts for ambient lighting.

1. Overview
a) Report summary
b) Introduction

2. Technology analysis
a) Two types of interior lighting
b) Functional lighting
c) Ambient lighting
d) Surface illumination
e) Interior light projection

3. Market analysis
a) Global demand of ambient lighting
b) Regional demand
c) Factors driving the demand of ambient lighting in vehicles

4. Supplier analysis
a) Antolin
b) Dräxlmaier
c) Forvia
d) Toyoda Gosei
e) Schott
f) ISELED Alliance

5. OEM analysis
a) VolkswagenGroup
b) Mercedes-Benz
c) BMW
d) Toyota
e) Hyundai Motor Group
f) General Motors
g) Ford
h) Stellantis
i) GeelyGroup
j) BYD

6. Conclusion