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Vehicle design and construction requirements for pedestrian protection will be increasing within the next years under tightening European regulations.The component-based methods, which originate from the work of the EEVC WG 17,
By automating certain high-risk maneuvers, the car maker can test vehicles to extreme limits without the risk of injuring test drivers and engineers. Morever, the precision of these automatic systems gives engineers better
Renault COO Patrick Pelata is not expecting an easy ride next year.
However, «this year, we are likely to be showing record sales numbers. Although Europe has been down we have seen strong growth in Russia,
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., India’s largest SUV maker, will pay around €300m for a controlling stake in Ssangyong Motor Co., the companies said Tuesday.
Volkswagen expect to sell over 7 million vehicles for the first time this year, the German-based maker’s chief executive said.
Hyundai Motor Group has surpassed Toyota as the largest Asian carmaker in Europe this year after the Japanese company’s sales tumbled on recalls.
By Lex Krzyzanowski, Chairman Clepa LightSightSafety Special to Driving Vision News
In his famous 1967 book “Marketing Management”, Philip Kotler stated the four P’s—Product, Price, Place, Promotion—should be “right in all aspects” and besides to this all four should be represented so it is not a question of product or price or place or promotion being right, but rather of all four being right together.
Since then the competiveness within the market has increased as well as the speed of developments of new solutions, however the four “P’s” are still a useful tool. The changed market conditions make the realising of Kotler’ statement more challenging but also more critical to be successful
What about the product?
– Recently the buying public were confronted with a 3D Xenon car lighting experience on one of the most famous car exhibitions in Europe. Visitors were excited about the experience, understood the product and were willing to buy the solution.
– On the last Clepa Tech day in Brussels, LightSightSafety showed, with a real car in a dark room, the benefits of an adaptive lighting solution. EU delegates, FIA officials and journalists were convinced about the safety and comfort aspects of this device by this impressive demo.
Only two simple examples proving that the car lighting world has a range of solutions that attracts the buying public as well as convincing authorities and experts.
What about price?
Several analyses have shown that there is a strong correlation between the take rate and the relative Xenon price to the car price. This, reverse, correlation is strengthened by a different styling (halogen vs. Xenon) and/or offering the Xenon option as part of an option package. Why are some carmakers still not maximising this market opportunity by pricing light options at an attractive level the general public are willing to pay?
Fiat may sell their auto parts division Magneti Marelli and a stake in Ferrari before consolidating Chrysler Group LLC, Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne has said. Eric Hauser,
OLEDs are mainly in the realm of the future. But even today, we can already see several interesting applications for OLEDs in vehicles. Windshield transparent OLEDs, internal and external lighting and backglass alerts and
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