34 innovations in such diverse areas as all-wheel drive, adhesives and infotainment are finalists for the 2014 Automotive News PACE Awards.
The awards, now in their 20th year, honour suppliers’ innovations in products, manufacturing process and capital equipment, and information technology.
In the coming months, the finalists will host teams of independent PACE judges, who are experts from industry, academia and business. The judges will evaluate the innovations for originality and market impact.
Winners will be announced April 7 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit, kicking off SAE World Congress week.
Here are the finalists’ innovations involved in lighring and ADAS
• Pedestrian-protection airbag (Autoliv)
•Pressure sensor for pedestrian protection (Continental)
• ErgoMate mechanical assist system ( Delphi)
•ISS System ( Denso)
•LED matrix beam headlamps (Hella)
•Back-Over Protection System (Valeo)
•Co-Creation on the cloud for social innovation (Dassault)
•Tegra Visual Computing Module (NVIDIA)
