The New Volkswagen Arteon Innovative assistance systems in detail – part 4 "Active Lighting System"

The gran turismo comes with LED headlights for the dipped and main beams as standard. The top versions – the Arteon Elegance and Arteon R-Line – also feature Light Assist automatic main beam control (camera-based system which automatically turns the main beam on and off in response to oncoming traffic). These two models can optionally be fitted with the Active Lighting System.

The Active Lighting System – a technology package – utilises LED dual headlights with 'projector lenses' and integrates, among other functions, Dynamic Light Assist – the dynamically controlled permanent main beam (interactive permanent main beam as functional extension of Light Assist) – and the 'dynamic cornering light'. The latter steers the headlights into bends according to steering angle using headlight modules with variable control. A new aspect in the Arteon is the ability to do this independently of the steering angle, and even predictively, based on images from the front camera and route data from the navigation system. In this manner, the gran turismo is able to illuminate the upcoming bend in the road before the driver steers into it. Another reason for aiming the headlight pattern along the path of the curve is to avoid wasting light illuminating the roadside.