Eye-friendly Display for Automobiles and Aviation

LG Display's P-OLED-based digital cockpit showcased at the CES 2020 earlier in January.
LG Display's P-OLED-based digital cockpit showcased at the CES 2020 earlier in January.

LG Display's plastic organic light emitting diode (P-OLED) panel for automobiles has been certified as an eye-friendly display. The company selected P-OLED panels as a future growth engine, and is pioneering new markets for the product in automobiles and aviation, For example, it recently won an order for P-OLED panels for the 2021 Cadillac Escalade.

LG Display announced on Feb. 17 that its automotive plastic P-OLED panel was certified as an eye-friendly display by TUV Rheinland, a global technology evaluation company.

P-OLED panels gives car designers much more freedom as it can fit drivers’ visions while maintaining the image quality of OLED panel displays as it uses plastic instead of glass as a substrate.

LG Display explained that it was the first time in the display industry that a display panel for cars was certified as an "eye comfort display."

LG Display began mass production of automotive P-OLED panels at its Gumi Plant inKorea earlier this year. Market research firm IHS Markit forecast that automotive OLED panel shipments are expected to grow more than 80 percent annually from 110,000 units in 2020 to 4.6 million units in 2026.

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