China Bans Blue Assisted-Driving Lights on L2 Vehicles

The draft turns a cosmetic signalling choice into a compliance marker: the blue-green ADS light becomes a way for regulators and other road users to distinguish genuinely higher-level autonomy from assisted-driving systems, which affects automakers and suppliers already shipping blue L2 lights. The July heads-up suggests industry had time to adjust, so the practical question is how much redesign work the colour and eligibility rules force across existing models. Whether the draft survives consultation intact, and how quickly L2 marker lights disappear from new vehicles, is the open question.