Carole Delavoye has taken charge of Volkswagen’s Lighting and Vision department, a shift from her previous role designing seats. Delavoye developed the air-conditioned seats for VW’s Passat CC, from first draft to series production. She replaces Ricardo Plöger, who now will direct VW’s ADAS work. Plöger was in what is now Delavoye’s position at the…
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.