Let’s be honest about it: the interior lights currently installed in our cars are pretty much useless, simply because finding something dropped on the floor at night is still impossible without ...

Most cars do not have delayed interior lights. The circuit presented can put this right. It switches the interior lights of a car on and off gradually. This makes it a lot easier, for instance, to ...

Contrary to popular belief, it is not illegal to drive with interior lights on anywhere in the United States. Nevertheless, it is recommended that you keep your dome lights off when driving at night ...

An Apple Car patent granted today describes smart in-car lighting, able to intelligently determine what the occupants are likely to want or need at any given moment. One example cited in the patent ...

Nowadays, a switch-off delay for the vehicle interior lighting is a naturally a standard feature. However, with certain models having only spartan fittings, or older-model vehicles, you’re left sitting ...

Virtually everyone has a childhood memory of being scolded for turning on a light inside the family car while it was in motion. Some parents, perhaps in attempting to control their fidgety kids, may ...

Toyoda Gosei has patented a vehicle interior lighting device that projects light from the instrument panel to the door trim, creating a decorative pattern that changes with the door’s opening angle.

This is because the interior light can cause glare off the car windows and reduce the driver’s night vision. Bolt said to compare overhead lights inside a car to those in a building. If you look out ...

French automotive supplier Valeo has been awarded an interior lighting solutions programme by an unnamed global vehicle ...

Do you remember being reprimanded as a kid for turning on a light inside the car during a long nighttime drive? Sgt. Andy Bell of the Missouri State Highway Patrol remembers the same thing. “When I ...

Did anyone else’s parents tell them a police officer will get them in trouble if they turned on the interior dome light while driving? Along with The Charlotte Observer, we’ve been looking into ...