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Hector Fratty
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LEDs Need More Work: ATZ
In a paper published last week, the German ATZ magazine present the future of headlamps with LEDs. In particular, the new Mercedes CLS headlamp presented at the Paris motor show is presented with the 71 LEDs of the system.
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Suppliers Foresee Pressure From Global Platforms
The X85 platform which underpins the Nissan Micra, Renault Clio, and 36 other models will be the basis of 3.9 million vehicles in 2016, predicts an industry analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers. That’s
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Plastic Headlight Restoration Kit from Sylvania
In last week’s interview to AftermarketNews magazine, Osram-Sylvania’s specialty-products chief Alan Barlow unveiled Sylvania’s new service kit for polishing plastic headlight lenses: “The Headlight Restoration
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Hella Employees Share in Success
Fresh from a robustly successful 2009-10 fiscal year and the vigorous upswing in business, Hella are paying special bonuses totalling more than €10m to their employees in Germany.
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Ichikoh Report H1 Net Profit
Ichikoh have announced earnings results for the six months April-September, 2010: a revenue increase of 15% year-on-year to ¥47.6bn (€420m). This has
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32-bit Microcontrollers from Renesas
Renesas Electronics will start shipping samples of 70 kinds of automotive microcontrollers equipped with the V850 32-bit CPU core. All 70 varieties support the Autosar automotive software standard, and some of them comply with
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41% of U.S. Drivers Admit Sleep-Driving
According to a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 41% of drivers admit to having fallen asleep at the wheel at some point, with 10% saying they’ve done so in the past year. More than a quarter of those surveyed admitted that in the previous month
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Elderly Drivers: New Safety Regs?
U.S. drivers age 65 or older will increase from 15% to 20% of the driving population by 2025, prompting a safety panel to consider recommendations such as new designs for automobiles and roads and testing requirements for elderly motorists.
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UK FSI Award for Bosch Adaptive ESP
Bosch have received the UK Fleet Safety Initiative of the Year award from the Association of Car Fleet Operators (AFCO). The safety award is sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Motorists’ Drive & Survive programme.
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