Automotive light

An automotive light (1) comprising a rear body (2) structured so to be fixed onto the vehicle body;

• a front lenticular half-shell (3) which is arranged to close the mouth (2a) of the rear body (2), and is provided with at least one transparent or semitransparent ribbon-shaped portion (4);
• and at least a first lighting assembly (5) which is structured so as to emit light when electricity powered, and is arranged within the rear body (2) so as to backlight the transparent or semitransparent ribbon-shaped portion (4) of the front lenticular half-shell (3);
• the automotive light (1) being characterized in that said first lighting assembly (5) comprises a light-guide plate (6) made of light-conducting material and which extends substantially from the bottom of the rear body (2) up to and close to the front lenticular half-shell (3), to arrange a front side edge (7) of the same light-guide plate (6) faced to said transparent or semitransparent ribbon-shaped portion (4);
• and a linear-extending light source (8) which is located within the rear body (2) next to the light-guide plate (6), and is structured so as to direct the emitted light towards the inside of the light -guide plate (6);
• in that the linear-extending light source (8) comprises a row of light-emitting diodes (10) which face the light-guide plate (6) and are arranged spaced side-by-side to one another, and a power-supply and control circuit which is able to sequentially turn on said diodes (10), so as to illuminate in sequence an equal number of segments of the light-guide plate (6);
• and in that the light-guide plate (6) is also provided with longitudinal diverging optics (14) which extends along the front side edge (7) of the light-guide plate (6), and is structured so as to scatter the light rays (r) coming out from the front side edge (7) of the light-guide plate (6).