FORVIA HELLA Launches Compact LED Lighting Module for Special Vehicles

FORVIA HELLA has introduced a modular LED front lighting platform, called Lighting Kit, for special vehicles including agricultural and construction machinery, buses, trucks, light commercial vehicles and motorhomes. Based on the established 90 mm module format, the new system is designed to reduce installation space and weight while improving light performance.

Compared with its predecessor, the Bi-LED Module Generation 3, the Lighting Kit offers up to 70% lower weight and approximately 50% higher optical efficiency. Its installation depth is reduced by almost half, allowing manufacturers greater flexibility when integrating lighting systems alongside sensors, electronics and thermal management components within the vehicle's front end.

The supplier said the platform can deliver up to 77% higher light performance, depending on the configuration. Series production is scheduled to begin in spring 2027.

FORVIA HELLA Lighting Kit uses modular LED architecture

The Lighting Kit uses a newly developed optical system based on freeform optics, designed to combine homogeneous illumination with higher optical efficiency in a more compact housing.

Its modular architecture allows multiple front lighting configurations to be developed using a shared platform. These include a Bi-LED version integrating low beam and high beam functions. FORVIA HELLA also plans to expand the platform with additional lighting and signal functions, along with customer-specific geometries.

The shared architecture is intended to reduce the need for separate development for individual vehicle applications.

New LED module designed as a replacement for 90 mm halogen units

The Lighting Kit is designed as a direct replacement for existing 90 mm halogen lighting solutions, retaining the same mounting points and interfaces. This allows original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to transition to LED technology without modifying existing installation arrangements.

The platform has homologation for UN, SAE, CCC and Indian standards, enabling its use across multiple markets.