Introduction: I’m Here to Support the DVN Community
by Gerd Bahnmueller, new DVN advisor

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Gerd Bahnmueller joined the DVN team at the beginning of the year. This week, we present this interview to properly introduce him to the DVN community. DVN: A year after leaving Marelli AL, how do you relate to vehicle lighting and how important is it to you? Gerd Bahnmueller: I got into the depths of…
Faurecia completed their majority takeover of Hella and have held an 80.6% stake since the end of January. Following the Faurecia takeover, Rolf Breidenbach has announced his resignation as head of Hella, with effect from this summer; the manager and the shareholders’ committee mutually agreed on the end of the his contract on June 30.…
The new Grandland is the first-ever Opel model to feature a night vision system, which, together with Opel’s IntelliLux 84-LED ADB headlighting system, helps drivers spot people and animals sooner than they otherwise could. The camera-based night vision system is well hidden in the car’s front end, and an online video gives a quick show-and-tell about…
The OLED-fighting Hella FlatLight consists of a light guide with a microstructure and additional optical lenses placed in front of the light guide with different micro- and diffuser optics. By matching the microstructures to the light guide there is an amplification effect to the passage of light.At the same time, the light is concentrated forward giving…
Projected light is the latest optical effect to be used to brand a car’s interaction with the driver. LEDs and micro-lenses project light patterns on to the road, producing effects such as the ‘welcome light carpet’. AMS Osram are developing the next generation of the technology: semi-dynamic light projection, opening up new creative possibilities to car…
Hella’s new controlling owners Faurecia are actively seeking to bolster their presence in electrification and self-driving technology. Faurecia themselves make seating; interiors, and cockpit components, as well as electronics via their Clarion subsidiary. They feel the Hella buy will better position them to sell electric mobility products and automated driving services to the industry. Faurecia…
Automatic emergency braking systems, found in nearly 90 per cent of 2021 vehicle models, decrease the odds of a pedestrian crash by about one third on well-lit roads, according to a new IIHS study. But the systems don’t seem to help much at night, when pedestrian crash rates need the most improvement. To nudge the…
Aeva have launched their Aeries II 4D lidar sensor to enable what they are calling “the next wave of autonomy across applications in automotive, industrial and beyond”. Based on the supplier’s FMCW technology and the first lidar-on-chip module design, the sensor detects the fourth dimension of instantaneous velocity for each point scanned, in addition to…
LeddarTech have announced a successful financing round with an investment of USD $140m, which comprises a Series D first close of $116m and debt facility of $24m. This investment will accelerate the development and commercialisation of LeddarTech solutions. In addition, LeddarTech will use the funds to augment engineering resources to meet the demands from global automaker…
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