The Adaptive Forward Lighting System, or AFL, is an advanced lighting system in which the front headlamps swivel or rotate in concert with the direction of the steering wheel. Heading into a curve or turning around a corner, the headlamps swivel up to 15 degrees at varying speeds, depending on the severity of the curve and the speed the vehicle is traveling.
The system works with both low-beam and high-beam. The AFL feature improves visibility compared to traditional headlamps, making driving at night and in inclement weather easier and safer.
AFL incorporates a Bi-Xenon or High Intensity Discharge (HID) projector, which doubles light output, while decreasing energy consumption by 33 percent compared to a traditional halogen headlamp bulb. This feature is available on Buick's new LaCrosse. Besides Buick, Jaguar, Mazda, VW, Cadillac and a few other automakers currently offer swiveling headlights on select models.
Now Ford has up the ante by offering high-beam headlights which turn-on-and-off automatically, when driving down a dark road. The lights actually return to low-beam, when other vehicles are approaching.
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