Whatever Happened to BMW's Laser Headlights?

The US headlight regulations are too stringent. Why 250 meters? What if I want a kilometer of illumination because I live in a rural area? Why can’t I have the advanced matrix lighting European cars can have?

> a pair of headlights for the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ showed up on eBay for $162,000 last year. But the Chiron was a hypercar that cost about $3 million, meaning those headlights are half of a percent of the car's as-new value.

Um. I'm not sure I'd trust much of the rest of this article.