New road-legal retrofit H4-LED offers brighter, longer-lasting replacement for halogen lamps in car headlights

• New OSRAM Night Breaker H4-LED, a dual low-beam/high-beam lamp, produces attractive daylight-like light output
• OSRAM H4-LED offers better visibility and higher safety, as well as avoiding the need for frequent replacement of failed halogen lamps

Premstaetten, Austria and Munich, Germany (5 May, 2022) - ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, today extended its Night Breaker line of automotive retrofit LEDs for headlights, introducing a new H4-LED combined low-beam/high-beam lamp which is approved for road use in Germany.Like the Night Breaker H7 LED lamp, which OSRAM was the first manufacturer to offer in 2020, the new H4-LED lamp brings the benefits of safety, visibility and style to a wide range of makes and models of cars.
Like the H7-LED lamp, the H4-LED is brighter, lasts longer and produces a more attractive light than the halogen lamps fitted to older vehicles when they were manufactured.

Tests conducted unter the supervision of TÜV Süd show that the Night Breaker H4-LED produces 230% more light than the minimum required under the ECE R112 standard for halogen headlamps, and with 50% less glare. This means that cars fitted with the Night Breaker can see and be seen better.

In addition, the Night Breaker H4-LED lasts up to five times longer than a standard halogen lamp. This reduces the frequency of visits to the service center for lamp replacement, as well as saving on the cost of replacing failed lamps.

And the new H4-LED lamp's 6000K output, a bright cool-white light which is similar in color to natural daylight, gives a modern and stylish look which is in contrast to the dated yellow light produced by original halogen dual-filament lamps.

Hans Schwabe, General Manager BU Automotive, said: "The Night Breaker lamps are designed to be easy to fit in approved models of car, and with this one simple upgrade drivers can enjoy higher safety, better visibility, and a more stylish effect at night-time, all while avoiding the hassle of trips to the garage to have a failed halogen lamp replaced."

Road legal in Germany
The new Night Breaker H4-LED lamp has been approved for road use in Germany after official testing conducted by TÜV Süd and confirmed by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority.

The Night Breaker H4-LED is approved for use in a wide range of tested makes of car, including popular models from Daimler, Renault, Skoda, Seat and Volkswagen. A full list of approved models can be found on the OSRAM Automotive website.

Further validation tests are under way to approve the Night Breaker H4-LED for use in more makes and models, and in other countries.

Halogen lamps can be replaced by the OSRAM Night Breaker LED lamp without the need for any modification of the headlamp itself. Available at a recommended retail price of 139,99 euros per set, the H4-LED lamps are a cost-effective retrofit alternative to LED headlight systems.

More information can be found at www.osram.com/nb-led.

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