ZF finds New Automakers Hot For New Tech

Holger Klein, CEO of ZF Friedrichshafen, says young automotive brands such as Nio, Xpeng, Lucid, and Tesla are pushing ZF in a different way than traditional automakers: “They have a different expectation on speed; speed is king”. The new brands want ZF’s newest technologies as quickly as possible, even if some bugs haven’t been eliminated…

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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.