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The Bosch automatic emergency braking system is going into series production for the first time, and will provide effective support for drivers facing the threat of a rear-end collision.
Automotive safety company Autoliv has posted its highest ever first quarter operating income and margin of $195 million and 11% respectively. The results come on the back
Gentex are shipping auto-dimming interior rearview mirrors with Rear Camera Display (RCD) for the 2010 Toyota 4Runner. The midsize sport utility vehicle with the RCD is available in North America.
Ford named 13 suppliers to its list of preferred suppliers yesterday, giving those companies the inside track for future business with the automaker.
With only 2% of China’s population owning cars and 80% of sales in 2009 to first-time car buyers, China has the opportunity to create and lead an entirely
Ford’s first-quarter profit of $2.1bn may be as good as it gets this year as the automaker faces rising costs to introduce new models.
China’s largest domestic automaker, Chery, have signed up Barcelona and Argentina football star Lionel Messi as their international face.
SAE Congress 2010 reportJust published. Learn more…
DVN publish today the report on SAE Show. As a sample, we reproduce a part of one of the lectures. It is the lecture of Rainer Visteon from Visteon, who presents a new LED headlamp with low beam, high beam and DRL.
The multifunctional design achieves an optimum balance between requested light performance and challenges to reduce power consumption and offer a styling differentiation
General features of the headlamp
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Optical system efficiency >60% |
LED low beam lighting performance
The low beam is very homogeneous and widely spread.
Hot Spot = 32 Lx
Luminous Flux = 618 Lm
Lighting output between halogen (300Lm-500Lm) and HID (800Lm-1,200Lm)
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LED high beam lighting performance
The beam is very contrasted in order to get the best visibility
The efficiency is around 67%
Hot Spot = 98 lx
Luminous Flux = 673 lm
Two Concepts are developed to answer styling and packaging requests:
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Low beam reflector : Butterfly concept