Car Dealership Lighting
Dealership lighting upgrades from the service bay to the back row of the lot, built to show off your inventory and lower your energy bill in the process.
Don’t Let Outdated Lot Lighting Undersell Your Inventory
Dark spots from aging metal-halide fixtures do more than waste energy, they hide vehicles buyers would otherwise walk right up to. Since most dealership lots run lighting from dusk until close (or later), that inefficiency adds up to one of the biggest energy line items on the property.
A lighting upgrade fixes both problems at once: better presentation on the lot, and a lower bill behind it.
One Dealership Group Put Every Vehicle in Full View
The upgrade happened through our Shared Savings Program, which covers the full cost of a lighting project upfront, so there’s nothing to pay before work begins.
With the Shared Savings Program, your payment stays below the energy savings it creates every month, and once it’s paid off, the system and every dollar of savings going forward belong to you, not us.
What We Do
Every service below is built around how your lot actually looks to a shopper walking up, not just how it performs on paper.
Assessments
One of our technicians walks your entire lot, service drive, and even showroom for free, documenting exactly where fixtures are dim, uneven, or leaving inventory in the dark.
Installations
Our licensed electricians install lot, canopy, and other fixtures on a schedule that works around your open hours, so the lot stays lit and sales don’t stop.
Retrofits
Aging metal-halide and HID lot fixtures get replaced with high-efficiency LED systems built to eliminate dark spots and put every vehicle in full view.
Maintenance & Repair
Burnouts and ballast failures on a dealership lot mean lost visibility overnight, so our team resolves issues fast to keep every row fully lit.
Controls
Dusk-to-dawn scheduling and motion-based dimming keep your lot lit exactly when it needs to be, without paying to light an empty lot at 3 a.m.
Case Study
How Lithia Chrysler Jeep Dodge Upgraded Their Lot
This is the same challenge we hear from dealerships constantly: save on energy, but don’t sacrifice how the lot looks doing it.
The Problem
Lithia Chrysler Jeep Dodge wanted to cut energy costs, but only if the upgrade also improved how vehicles were showcased on the lot. Aging metal-halide fixtures were leaving dark spots that hid inventory from shoppers walking the rows.
The Solution
Through our Shared Savings Program, we replaced the old metal-halide parking lot fixtures with new LED, eliminating dark spots and putting every vehicle in full view, at no cost upfront.
The Results
The $75,750 project delivered $30,800 in annual energy savings, a payback period of about 30 months. Lithia is projected to save $300,000 or more over the next 10 years, all while giving every vehicle on the lot the same full visibility.
Installing a Wide Variety of Lighting Systems
Every dealership is laid out differently, so we work with a range of fixture types built for the specific job each part of your property needs:
Pole and Area Lighting
Canopy Lighting
High-Bay Lighting
Accent Lighting
Wall Packs
Flagpole and Feature Lighting
FAQs About Our Automotive Lighting Services
Will lot lighting work happen while we’re open and selling?
Yes. Installation gets scheduled around your open hours, and lot sections stay lit throughout the project so the property never goes dark overnight.
Do you handle service bay lighting, or just the lot?
Both. Service bays, lots, and even showrooms all fall under the same assessment and proposal, so everything gets addressed in one project instead of three separate ones.
How does the fluorescent ban affect our service bays specifically?
If your service bays still run fluorescent tubes, replacement bulbs are no longer legal to buy in California once your current ones fail. An assessment can confirm exactly what’s affected and get ahead of it before that happens.
