Eaton Sell VORAD to Bendix
Industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation announced last week they have sold their VORAD (Vehicle On-Board Radar) system to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, of Elyria, Ohio.
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NHTSA Plan for IVBSS Tests
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released the final test plan for conducting a field operational
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Water jet-guided laser improves LED efficiency
Current lighting technology has well-known limitations. Incandescent bulbs are highly inefficient — the bulb expends as much as 90 percent of the energy it conducts on the heat it gives off through the filament.
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Precision Tooling for Microprisms
Kaleido Technology have developed and optimised their prism-cutting process and material selection to offer smooth, defect-free custom masters with very high precision on groove angles,
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What Colour Sidemarkers?
Starting in 1968, the earliest version of U.S. auto lighting regulation FMVSS 108 required all vehicles to be equipped with sidemarker lights or reflectors, amber front and red rear.
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Valeo’s new generation LED lighting on the Volvo S60 Concept: optimal lighting for enhanced safety
The lighting systems on the Volvo S60 concept car presented at the Detroit Auto Show provide a glimpse of the next generation of headlamps and signal lamps, with their innovative look and increased performance.
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New E-Class: New Lighting, Driver Assistance
Mercedes-Benz have supplemented the already extensive standard equipment in the E-Class with features that further improve safety and comfort in the new model series.
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Top Five Concept Cars for Lighting, Driver Assistance
DVN, with the help of 10 lighting and DA experts, has selected the five most significant 2008 concept cars from the perspective of lighting and/or driver assistance. Selections were made considering four criteria:
– Innovation
– Design of vehicle and headlamps
– Vision: (in line with the next 10 years trends)
– Reality (can be made real)
Vehicles were ranked from 1 to 5 on each criterion as follows:
Absent (1), Low level (2), Satisfactory level (3), Good level (4), Excellent level (5))
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Results of the Driving Vision News 2008 Quiz
The Quiz is now closed.
52 Driving Vision News readers sent their answers.
We thank them for their involvement.
The right answers are:
Q1: In a Driving Vision News interview, who said... :
"For a lighting supplier, the 3 priorities to succeed are:
1) Industrial tool rationalization;
2) Engineering expenses reduction through development of standard components and processes, high performance design tools and low cost countries localization;
3) Stronger innovation in technology.
R1: J.C. Quemard, PSA Purchase Director
52 Driving Vision News readers sent their answers.
We thank them for their involvement.
The right answers are:
Q1: In a Driving Vision News interview, who said... :
"For a lighting supplier, the 3 priorities to succeed are:
1) Industrial tool rationalization;
2) Engineering expenses reduction through development of standard components and processes, high performance design tools and low cost countries localization;
3) Stronger innovation in technology.
R1: J.C. Quemard, PSA Purchase Director
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Chery Auto Exports 140k cars in ’08
China’s fourth largest carmaker Chery Auto exported 140,000 vehicles this past year, according to sina.com.
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