DVN US Workshop 2021 – report
The 23rd DVN Workshop was held in Novi, Michigan, on 21-22 September 2021, with DVN Chief Editor Daniel Stern serving as Keynote Speaker and Master of Ceremonies. It was a…
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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.
DVN Study 2021
Lighting under Pressure?Leveraging Tensions Between Design, Marketing, and Engineering This study focuses on the automaker perspective of the vehicle creation process and, provides the opportunity to better understand its intricacies, including: The roles and responsibilities of the automaker’s design, marketing, and lighting-engineering that often seem opaque to outside observers. This insider information makes it more…
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DVN Releases the Report on DVN US Workshop
DVN releases its monthly report on DVN US Workshop.DVN Gold members will have the possibility to download this report, to follow the summary of the 32 lectures, and to have a look of the exhibition booths, to see and download Novi Speakers presentations in pdf format by clicking here. SESSION 1: Status of Safety Situation…
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High-Tech Headlamps: Explainer Video From CNBC
CNBC, a world leader in business news and real-time financial market coverage, recently published a feature video on headlighting. It features John Bullough, Todd Morgan, and other notable people involved in lighting talking about past and current technologies. It’s always interesting to see and hear what mainstream news media get right (and wrong) about the…
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PACE 2021 Awards Announced
In an online presentation last week, Automotive News PACE awards were bestowed on 14 companies for product and technology advances and 10 emerging innovations from both global suppliers and small startups. Of the 24 awards given out, ten went to companies involved in lighting, interior, and ADAS:• Bosch: L2 autonomous Class 8 truck lanekeeping system• Valeo:…
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Hi-Spec ZKW LED Lights on New Opel Astra
The IntelliLux LED Pixel Light, already popular on Opel’s Insignia and Grandland models, now arrives on the new Opel Astra. ZKW put 84 LEDs in each headlamp to provide a highly-versatile ADB system. The light module and electronic components are integrated into the extra-slim lamps themselves.ZKW have significantly improved and further developed the system with…
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Marelli AL to Embiggen China Plant
Marelli have signed a framework agreement to enlarge their existing lighting plant with the Wuhu Economic Development Area authorities. The Wuhu plant opened in 2005, and now will be expanded to enable greater production of front and rear lamps.The expansion, which is expected to be complete in 2023, will add 21,000 m2 for a new…
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Hella Report Good Quarterlies, With Chip-Shortage Asterisk
Hella’s final complete results for the first quarter of the fiscal year (1 June to 31 August 2021) include currency and portfolio-adjusted sales rising by 9.5 per cent to €1.5bn, while adjusted EBIT increased from €56m to €91m. The supplier’s automotive segment significantly outperformed the market, but has taken a severe hit on account of…
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Hot Halogen Headlamps Turn Toyota Tundra Trucks Toasty
Toyota Tundra pickup trucks—almost 160,000 of them, from the 2018 to 2021 model years—are being recalled to fix a faulty headlamp circuit that can catch on fire. The trouble is caused by a wiring harness, made in the Phillippines and improperly configured to keep the low beam filament of the H4 bulb energised during high…
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Continental Shuffles the Cards
Continental have announced plans for a restructuring that will combine their business activities around connectivity, mobility and high-performance computing.Their tires and ContiTech divisions, focused on rubber technologies, are to become independent group sectors, while their Automotive Technologies brand will split into five business areas: Safety and Motion; Autonomous Mobility; Smart Mobility; User Experience; and Architecture…
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