Global Smart Street Light Installations Growing At 18% CAGR by David Shiller
The global smart street lighting market is moving beyond isolated pilots and becoming a mainstream element of municipal LED modernization. Berg Insight estimates that the worldwide installed base of individually controlled smart streetlights reached 38.5 million units at the end of 2025and will grow to 6 million units by 2030, representing a 17.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR). That forecast signals a market that is no longer defined solely by the conversion from legacy lamps to LEDs. The next value proposition is networked control: the ability to monitor, meter, dim, schedule and diagnose individual luminaires—or groups of luminaires—remotely. For municipalities, utilities and roadway operators, smart controls can turn an LED retrofit into an operational platform with continuing value over the asset life of the lighting system. More information is available here. Global Smart Street Light Installations Growing At 18% CAGR | LightNOW
Collaborative robots, or cobots, are moving from factory novelty to practical production tools, and the lighting industry is well positioned to benefit from that shift. For lighting manufacturers, the biggest implication is not replacement of people, but a rebalancing of labor: cobots can take on repetitive, precise, or ergonomically difficult tasks while skilled workers focus on assembly, testing, engineering support, quality control, and process improvements. Lighting manufacturing has several operations that match cobot strengths: bin picking, screwdriving, machine tending, packaging, label application, inspection support, and repetitive subassembly work. Cobots are designed to work safely alongside people in shared spaces, which makes them attractive for plants that cannot justify a full fenced robot cell or that need to keep production layouts flexible. Their easier programming and faster deployment also matter for lighting companies that run many product variants and short production cycles. More information is available 
Flying cars have been a sci-fi staple for almost a century. There is a type of small flying vehicle that is now very close to commercial production. An eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) is a new type of aircraft that uses electric power for vertical flight, allowing it to take off, hover, and land like a helicopter without a runway, while also transitioning to forward flight like a plane. These eco-friendly aircraft are designed for urban air mobility (UAM) to reduce traffic congestion, using multiple electric motors, advanced batteries, and often rotors or propellers for quiet, efficient, and potentially autonomous air taxi services. Here are some of the most likely impacts on the lighting industry at: 