For well over a decade, drivers around the world have enjoyed better headlights. Adaptive Drive Beam (ADB) moves beyond the old-school binary of high and low beams, taking advantage of modern lighting technology that allows parts of a headlight’s beam to dim for oncoming drivers, reducing glare. In America, the tech contravened Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 108, which only allowed for high and low beams, but the rule was amended in 2022.
Great! Well, three years later, the only automaker to sell an ADB system in the US is Rivian, and no other car companies have immediate plans to offer this sort of tech here. And except for Rivian, everyone is unhappy about the state of things. So how did we get here?
