Rykel: Excellent Backlight Design | K-Current

The technology center won two SPE Awards in the “Electronic/Optical Part” category with partners Lucid Motors and Forvia Hella. The award-winning vehicle’s lighting is based on the use of cutting-edge laser technology.

At the SPE Awards 2021, Lucid Motors and the Reichle Technology Center, Bissingen/Teck, took first place for the one-piece taillight of its predecessor, the Lucid Air. The latest model from the American carmaker now builds on this success. This year too, the taillight of the Lucid Gravity, which is impressive as the world’s largest one-piece taillight and also does not require an external lens, took first place. The light guide, which weighs several kilograms, impresses with its elegant aesthetics, incredible homogeneity and high efficiency. These remarkable characteristics of the taillight were made possible by diffuser optics specially developed by Reichle, which were implemented in the tool with the help of very special laser technology. The Lucid Gravity is scheduled to go on sale at the end of 2024 and will be one of the most efficient and best-in-class SUVs in the electric vehicle segment.

In close cooperation with Forvia Hella, Reichle has been developing, simulating and optimizing special optics for FlatLight technology over several years. The special design and development of precision optics can only be achieved using femtosecond laser technology. FlatLight technology is characterised by high efficiency and homogeneity as well as a small installation space. It is used in daytime running lights and in tail lights. The technology took second place in the same class.

FlatLight is based on the micro-laser technology. (Image: Forvia Hella)

As a service provider in the field of laser assembly, the Reichle Technology Center has been relying on state-of-the-art technology for twelve years and, together with its close partnerships with Forvia Hella and Lucid Motors, confirms its growing expertise and specialization in the field of light development and application.

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