At first, LEDs’ main functional fame-claim was their instant-on, instant-off operation—LED turn signals made bulb-type signals look lazy by comparison, with their 250-millisecond rise and drop time, much the same as headlamps with window-clear lenses, when they arrived around 1990, instantly made headlamps with optical prisms in the lens look old-fashioned.But design and styling trends…
Hector Fratty
Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.