OLEDWorks announces its collaboration with Audi to supply Atala Digital 2.0 panels, to enable Audi’s rear combination lamps featured on the all-new Audi Q5.

Unveiled in the second half of 2024, the latest generation of Audi’s popular mid-size Q5 SUV and Sportback sets a new benchmark in lighting design, personalization, and safety.

At the heart of this innovation are six, second-generation digital OLED panels, designed by Audi and delivered by OLEDWorks under the Atala brand. With a total of 266 individually controllable segments, Q5 drivers are able to generate up to eight different light signatures including the new active digital light signature where a special algorithm is used to create a new lighting pattern multiple times per second. The Atala lighting technology transforms Q5 taillights into intelligent, communicative displays.

“Our Atala Digital 2.0 panels enable remarkable visual performance in the Audi Q5,” says David DeJoy, CEO of OLEDWorks. “With higher resolution pixels, and ultra-slim form factors, our OLED technology enhances both the emotional appeal and functional safety of the vehicle.”

Key Innovations Enabled by OLEDWorks’ Atala Digital Technology:

• Digital Light Signatures: The Q5 offers up to eight customizable rear light signatures, each with its own “Coming Home” and “Leaving Home” lighting scenario, allowing drivers to personalize their vehicle’s visual identity.

• Vehicle-to-X (V2X) Communication Light: The second-generation Digital OLED rear lights now include enhanced communication that displays warning symbols in critical situations, alerting nearby drivers to hazards such as accidents or breakdowns.

• Uniform, Glare-Free Illumination: OLED panels provide high-resolution, high-contrast lighting without bulky optics, supporting Audi’s sleek exterior design.

• Seamless Integration with Audi’s Lighting Design: The OLED panels work in harmony with Audi’s lighting algorithms to create fluid, vivid impression that give the Q5’s lighting a distinct personality.

“Atala Digital 2.0 panels turn the Q5’s taillights into an intelligent communication display,” says Wolfgang Görgen, managing director at OLEDWorks GmbH.