is first to use longer-lasting, more stylish diode headlamps.
When the 2008 Cadillac Escalade Platinum arrives this summer it will include the first fully functioning LED headlamps in an SUV, General Motors Corp.'s luxury brand announced Monday.
The new headlamps, which feature both high- and low-beam projection, offer a long-lasting bright light that resembles daylight more than the bluish Xenon projection beams or yellowish hue in halogen lights. Hella KGaA Hueck & Company, the German-based supplier that developed the headlights with Cadillac, said the new headlamps also will last up to 20 times longer than traditional automotive lights.
The Escalade's LED headlamps provide a more bejeweled appearance during the day and signature look at night. At the automaker's request, they echo the Cadillac's LED tall taillights, said Siegfried Hetz, Hella's product engineering specialist.
