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Hyundai Mobis is in talks with BMW and Volkswagen which could result in the first supply deal between a South Korean company and German carmakers.
With the Xenarc D3 and D4 high-pressure gas discharge lamps and matching D3-Xenaelectron control gear Osram is the first manufacturer to provide entirely mercury-free HXenon
According to a report from IMS Research, a market research company based in the UK, the top three companies in 2007 in terms of total dollar revenues for packaged LEDs were Nichia
Hella have last week put into service a test installation of their newly developed LED street lighting “Eco StreetLine” at the company headquarters in Lippstadt.
2 Valeo front lighting innovations can be seen on the Audi Q7 now in production.
Joachim Mathes studied Electronic Engineering at the Berufsakademie Stuttgart. Subsequently he joined the sensor development of SWF Auto-Electric. After having worked on new magnetic and optical sensors for chassis systems, he took over the lead of the Ultrasonic Park Assist System. When Valeo acquired the company, he became Project Management Director of the new Division before joining the newly-created Switches and Detection Systems Branch as R&D Director.
Driving Vision News: What is now your current role at Valeo?
Joachim Mathes: My current role covers two functions: I lead the Driving Assistance Domain at Valeo and am in charge of R&D for the Detection Systems activity. This includes the ultrasonic, radar and camera developments we do worldwide as well as their transversal application to enhance visibility. This ranges from new intelligent lighting systems that manage light distribution and intensity according to the traffic situation to automation and efficiency increase of wiping and cleaning systems.
DVN: Big part of Valeo communication is about the 3 domains. Could you tell us more about the Driving Assistance Domain and what are Valeo targets in this domain?
J.M.: Valeo is a leading supplier of Lighting and Wiping Systems worldwide and has an important share in the growing market for Detection Systems. The objective of the Domain is to foster transversal innovation that leads to functions that are easily understood and instinctively useful to the end customer.
Our target is to leverage the technologies we have introduced to the market, namely Ultrasonics, Infrared, Radar and Camera-based sensors to created new functions. This will increasingly be done through networking information from multiple sources and model the driver intention, the vehicle state and the outside world to assess the proper amount of support a driver needs in the given situation.
Figures released by JD Power Automotive Forecasting show that the West European car market fell by 12% year-on-year in April.
While consumers in China remain cautious in deciding about a car purchase, growing optimism among Chinese auto buyers may indicate a continuing recovery of the passenger vehicle market.
At the Annual General Meeting of May 6, 2009 Louis Schweitzer, Chairman of the Board of Directors, confirmed that he would not renew his directorship. The Board of Directors named Carlos Ghosn
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