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.

Renault, Geely Partner in China, South Korea

Renault and Geely have signed a framework agreement to set up a joint venture to build and sell Renault-branded hybrid vehicles—and possibly full EVs—in China using Geely’s technologies, supply chains and manufacturing facilities; Renault will focus on sales and marketing.The two automakers also agreed to explore a joint localisation of Geely’s Lynk & Co hybrid…

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PSA № 1; Valeo № 3 on French 2020 Patent List

The French INPI has filed its 2020 list of patent applicants and the automotive sector is once again widely represented there through manufacturers and equipment suppliers, with PSA and Valeo respectively occupying the first and third step of the podium. The INPI 2020 patent list has been unveiled and it once again gives pride of…

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The dilemma in the Approval of Projection of Symbols

from Rainer Neumann, chaiman of GTB research group! In trying to introduce the projection of symbols and patterns into the UN Regulations 48 and 149, we are facing an issue in the exchange of opinions between some contracting parties in GRE and experts of GTB. The intention is clearly to improve safety in road traffic…

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Night Vision: Coating with Crystals Makes IR Visible

Australian National Researcher University (ANU) and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) developped a coating film with Gallium crystals able to make the infrared light visible. Gallium crystals convert for Infrared light invisible to the human eye in visible light components around.Previous infrared night vision devices use thermal cameras and play games. Dragomir Neshev, Director of the…

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Robots and AI : Smart Automation in Lighting Production

HELLA is investing two-digit millions Euros to further automate the 15 production sites in its global lighting division. This involves implementing collaborative robots and artificial intelligence methods. The project is scheduled to run for a total of five years. There will be 1,000 robots used in total worldwide, roughly half of which are already in…

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Segula & ArcelorMittal Replace Cables with Conductive Ink

Reducing its weight and consumption by replacing the cables with a conductive ink directly printed in the sheet metal. This innovation, signed by Segula Technologies and ArcelorMittal, could replace half of the wiring harnesses in a vehicle. These strips printed in a car door replace traditional copper electrical cables. In addition to flexibility, lower cost…

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