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[Specter]

 wow, thank you for that. ill have to go look into that.  lasers are so cheap now, and versatile and maneuverable??  the led diodes have like a 50k hour life span on them now and there really are not any super fragile power supply needs.  tbh im surprised tesla is not using them more than they currently do for illumination in the ir range maybe so its ai can see things better.  it lights it up like daylight in a spectrum we can't see kind of like a cheaper night vision.   what i bet we see in a few years is tesla cars in a mesh system where they talk to each other, share data on road conditions, traffic, hazards etc.  maybe even have a led beacon for comms.  instead of wifi  since its light  call it  lifi to talk to other cars, broadcast like an ethernet thing. itd be doable.

aaron

[jotjotde]

Off Topic: BMW introduced the laser high beam in 2014 in the i8, but as it seems they discontinued this technology because of cost and regulatory issues.
https://machineswithsouls.com/why-did-bmw-kill-laser-headlights/
As far as I understand, the laser light is somewhat 'converted' into the visible spectrum by having it reflected on a phosphorum coated surface.
It seems they also tinkered with tail lights using lasers, but apparently that never led to anything in sales.

[Specter]

2014 to today is  cough cough  light years    when it comes to laser technology.  many more colors available now and the solid state is way better than it was back then as far as reliability, availablity etc.  i was thinking maybe like a mini dlp type setup to chop up and send out a sheet of light across the street in front of you using the beam of the laser.  the only issue might be wattage vs accidental eye contact, it dont take much to cook someones eyes.   

aaron

[Motoproponent]

I just did the upgrade to my Experia turn signals with the LED running light ones from Energica of New England. I didnt have to run any resistors or anything. They were totally plug and play. I'll have an install video on my youtube channel in a bit. The instructions arent for Experia (the applications listed are the Ego, Ribelle, and SS9) so it will just be a quick bit about what is different specific to the Experia.

[Grauteufel]

i was thinking maybe like a mini dlp type setup to chop up and send out a sheet of light across the street in front of you using the beam of the laser.

This exists...kinda, see LED matrix headlights

Laser headlights never directly projected light onto the road, not only does this have massive glare, contrast and blink reflex issues, it would never be permitted due to potential vision damage (would exceed class 1 to provide sufficient illumination)

I just did the upgrade to my Experia turn signals with the LED running light ones from Energica of New England

Ooo, I can't seem to load the EoNE/Robs Dyno website, how much were these?

[jotjotde]

@Grauteufel: Unfortunately there is a good chance that the EoNE indicators will not run on European models without modification. The original US indicators come with bulbs, i.e. probably 5 W. That is much more than the European LED version (1.9 W).
Cost acc. to the EoNE website are 249 USD for a pair.

I know you are based in Switzerland. Not knowing what your regulations are for running lights, but in the EU you would need to somehow switch off the low beam headlights if you want to use the DRL function of the EoNE thingies. Probably the EU does not want that because of a four-lamp motorcycle someone will overlook a 30 ton truck  .