Hector Fratty

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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.

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Difficult Years Ahead for Suppliers

U.S. auto suppliers’ supply base won’t return to profitability until 2011 at the earliest if prices of oil and raw materials continue to rise. That’s the conclusion of A.T. Kearney in their 12th annual automotive study.

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In-Car Imaging to Target Driver Behaviour

Japan CBC have unveiled a drive recorder that takes images of not only the scene in front of a vehicle, but also the driver for behavioural monitoring purposes.

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Gentex supplies High beam assistant to BMW

Gentex will supply their SmartBeam-enabled auto-dimming mirrors to BMW for the X6 SUV. The SmartBeam system uses a combination of camera and algorithmic codes to select high or low beam…

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VW Unveil Golf 6

The redesigned model comes after five generations, 34 years and over 26m units since the 1970s original. Design was headed by Klaus Bischoff overseen by group design chief Walter de Silva.

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Nissan Strives for Zero Collisions

Nissan have shown a collision-free car prototype incorporating two new technologies: side collision prevention (SCP) and back-up collision prevention (BCP).

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GM’s Q2 Results and Revenue are Worst Ever

GM’s $15.5bn loss, though certainly dismal, may not be the worst news in the ailing General's second-quarter earnings report; the company’s North American quarterly revenue was $19.8 billion

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Record Number of New Models for US Market

It will be a buyer's market from now until at least 2012, according to a new report from the auto analysts at brokerage house Merrill Lynch. No fewer than forty-two all-new models are expected to be launched in each of the next four years

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Premium Lighting Standard & Optional on BMW M3 Cabrio

The M3 cabriolet has BiXenon headlights as standard equipment, festooned in the maker’s trademark fashion with ring-shaped “angel eye” position and daylight running lamps. Buyers can also specify two additional premium-lighting packages.

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Pace awards open for innovative suppliers

Auto suppliers have until Sept. 12 to apply for the 2009 Automotive News PACE Awards.

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Nissan Develops “Eco Pedal” to Assist Smart Driving

Nissan's new Eco Pedal, unveiled in Tokyo today, analyses the rate of fuel consumption and transmission efficiency during acceleration and cruising, then calculates the optimal acceleration rate.

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