>Car taillights need to be rugged, and turn on
>instantly which LEDs excel at.

I am not sure that they need to "turn on instantly". I can see a market
feature arising in the near future for electronics that will "soft turn on"
the LED tail, brake and blinkers, to match the tungsten filament bulbs.

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