According to regulations set out for the 2017 World Solar Challenge, all lights on the solar car must be DOT/SAE/UNECE approved. This means that the LED strips recommended by ASC is no longer a viable option. Other cruiser class teams have adopted headlights from vehicles such as the Chevrolet Corvette C7 (Bochum), Ford Mustang (Sunswift Violet). 

Headlights

It was decided that we were going to use headlights from a pre-facelift Tesla Model S (2012-2016). This was partially based on the fact that the pinouts for the pre-facelift headlight is readily available on Tesla Motors Club.  One headlight was ordered from eBay and tested. All current consumption figures are based on 1 headlight, and measured using a Fluke 117 Multimeter in amps. 

Power Consumption Per Headlight

Pinout