High beams are designed to be used when driving in dark areas without any vehicles in front, either from the opposite ...

By contrast, when the Prius v is equipped with LED lights and high-beam assist, give a driver traveling straight at 70 miles per hour enough time to identify an obstacle and brake to a stop.

Illuminating the road for a distance of nearly 500 meters (1,640 ft), the laser high-beam light has approximately twice the lighting range and three times the luminosity of LED high beam lights.