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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Driver Assistance Systems for 2009 Chryslers

Chrysler is offering two new safety features on the 2009 Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Caravan minivans.
Chrysler says their Blind

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Gentex Auto-Dimming Mirror for Hyundai Sedan

Gentex announced they will supply three-mirror systems for Hyundai's new Grandeur luxury sedan. The automaker is offering an auto-dimming mirror

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VW, Leibniz University Work on 3-D Scanner

At the Hannover fair, Leibnitz University are showing projects they are carrying out together with the commercial division of VW. Both projects have particular relevance to driver assistance and navigation.

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New technology to watch the driver

On the 15th of April the final results of the EU project AIDE were presented in Goteborg. AIDE stands for Adaptive Integrated Driver-vehicle Interface. The project was carried out by

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Retro Style, Modern Tech from Samlip for Dodge

Chrysler’s new Dodge Challenger muscle car features BiXenon projector headlamps from Samlip of Korea. The lamps closely mimic the style of the four round sealed-beam headlamps on the original <

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Renault Adopt “Design for Logistic” Concept

Michel Faivre-Duboz, formerly Renault’s Senior Vice President for Vehicle Engineering Development since 1999, is now the automaker’s Senior Vice President for Supply Chain and Logistics,

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New Rule would Improve Safety, but Restrict Light Styling

At the 59th session of GRE, Japan’s lighting expert proposed that regulations be amended so two bulbs of different colours, producing different lighting functions, aren’t allowed

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Full AFS. LED DRL for New Opel Insignia

The new Opel Insignia, to be unveiled on the 22nd of July at the London Motor show, will carry the latest generation of fully-adaptive front lighting

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Lighting Innovations Presented at SAE Show

The Society of Automotive Engineers’ International Congress was held in Detroit on April 14 to April 17. There were three lighting-related presentation sessions and one driver assistance session.

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Dr Enders: “Xenon Technology still has a bright future..”

Martin Enders studied electrical engineering and electro mechanics at Technischule Darmstadt and obtained a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Lighting.

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