Why do many cars now have fog lights removed?

  Even now, only the front fog lights are cancelled on some models, and the red rear fog lights are still retained. Even if the configuration is reduced, a rear fog light must be retained; because the rear fog lights are red, the wavelength of the red light The longest, so it has the strongest penetrating ability, so it can provide the most eye-catching reminder to the car behind in heavy fog or heavy rain!


  From the perspective of legal requirements, the front fog lamp does not have the necessary requirements, of course, it refers to the range of passenger cars, and the rear fog lamp must have! Therefore, even if many car companies today play to reduce equipment and reduce costs, at least one rear fog lamp can be left, and the front fog lamp is gradually replaced by a brighter LED matrix light source, because the LED light source itself is bright And integrated corner lights, so the front fog lights of today's cars have become a combination of low beam + corner lights!

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  #The principle and composition of the front fog lamp


  The traditional front fog lamp should be like the picture above. The light is yellow, arranged in a low position, and the intensity of light exceeds that of the low beam; the wavelength of yellow light is second only to red light, and the counterpart is a light source with a relatively long wavelength, so it has a strong Penetration;


  Secondly, friends should have experienced heavy fog weather. The closer the fog is to the ground, the thinner the fog. Therefore, placing the front fog lamp at a low position can prevent heavy fog from causing serious light scattering, and use the yellow light to penetrate strongly. The transmittance ability realizes the illumination of the road conditions; so the traditional low-position fog lamp can not only illuminate the road ahead, but also prevent the influence of light scattering on other vehicles!

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  #The fog lamp is integrated in the headlight


  In fact, the headlights of a car are the easiest to include the design elements of car companies. Simply put, it is the easiest for car companies to explain their design language and elements through headlights, so nowadays many brands of headlights are very recognizable;


  The car is becoming more and more beautiful and atmospheric, so the traditional low-position fog lights make the front face design of the car become fragmented, so the front fog lights are directly integrated into the headlight group, as shown in the picture above, in the light group in the picture. The lower position is the fog lamp;


  Once this design style is adopted, the low-position fog lights are cancelled, so many friends think that the fog lights have been cancelled, but in fact they only changed the position!

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  #The combination of low beam + corner light


  There may be many friends who don’t understand this corner light. In fact, I only heard it from a certain German car owner in recent years. The corner light is also called the all-weather car light, which can be simply understood as a traditional independent front fog light. The upgraded version of, it can adjust the brightness and lighting angle according to the actual visibility of the outside, and it can also ensure the lighting ability without scattering. I really have to admire the lamp factory’s understanding and creativity of the headlights;


  In the future, this kind of corner lamp (all-climate car lamp) integrated in the LED lamp set will inevitably become the mainstream design of automotive light sources, and the independent front fog lamp design will inevitably be eliminated!


  As shown in the figure above, there is only the rear fog lamp icon, and the front fog lamp icon has been replaced by the all-weather car light icon. In all fairness, this is not to cancel the fog lamp. Although there is no mandatory requirement for the front fog lamp, the OEM must also Consider all the harsh conditions you may encounter while driving, such as heavy fog, heavy rain and heavy snow;

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  Traditional fog lights cannot change the lighting angle and lighting intensity, but these can be changed after entering the LED matrix headlight era. The lighting intensity can be increased or reduced according to the actual situation, and the lighting angle can be changed according to needs. It is more ideal than the simple low-level fog lights in the past!


  After all, all-climate car lights include various weather such as fog, rain, snow, etc., so they are better to use than the independent low-position fog lights in the past;


  Therefore, most brand cars did not cancel the front fog lights, but only changed the form; some low-position fog lights are integrated in the headlight group, while some high-end models have completely replaced the fog lights with all-climate lights (of course, it is not ruled out In order to reduce costs, some cheap cars are equipped with front fog lights);

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  As for the rear fog lamp, which is still equipped with a traditional red light source (for super penetration), it is generally equipped with two rear fog lamps, but if it is reduced, it will be equipped with one. In general, the fog lamps will not be cancelled afterwards, at least Match one!