Valeo Patent: Methods and a device for automatically switching on or off of the illumination of a ve
Valeo's patent for the automatic switching of lights has just been disclosed. It takes into account the different stages of day, night, garage, rain, tunnel entry, tunnel
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BMW offering Night Vision for the 5 and 6 Series based on thermal camera
BMW is expanding the platform for driver assistance system, in particular the night vision system. This is now to be offered in the 5 and 6 series as of March this year.
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More than 50% of vehicle development in Asia-Pacific by 2013
Auto suppliers that want to compete in the rapidly growing markets in Asia must be willing to adapt quickly to new ways of doing business, said Jim Hudak,
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Bosch asks common effort to standardize
Bernd Bohr, head of the automotive division of Robert Bosch, asks a joint effort to get automakers to standardize parts to limit growing research and development
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Osram is developing a transparent OLED lights
Osram has developed a large-area transparent white OLED that achieves a luminousefficacy of over 20 lm/W at a brightness of 1000 cd/m2. The company
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Bosch Aftermarket coverage of 5000 Parts; special LED safety campaign
Robert Bosch claims to have the largest aftermarket program for rear lamps in Europe with an increasing portion of LED technology.
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Audi A3 with Xenon Plus Packet and Day time running lights; Audi RS 6 lighting considered
Audi is showing its new A3 complete with Xenon and LED day-time running lights. The day-time running light consists of 7 LEDs in an 'eye-brow' configuration.
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BMW asks suppliers 15% price cuts
BMW is putting pressure on its suppliers to reduce costs as part of its own cost-saving programme.
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LED headlamp for bicycle with 30 lx
The Luxeon Star LEDs are beginning to change the lighting market for bicycles. Now Lumotech has brought out an LED headlamp which runs
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GM reports 9.37 million cars in 2007
G.M. reported January 23, 2008 a total global sales of 9.369 million vehicles in 2007, very few higher than Toyota.
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