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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.

First Automotive 4D Radar-On-Chip

Israeli startup RFIsee have launched their first chip to improve radar detection in automotive designs using phased-array technology. The all-weather 4D radar on a chip can detect cars at 500 metres’…

Lucid’s ADAS Platform

When customer deliveries of the Lucid Air begin in early 2021, Lucid hope to be first to market with the combination of a driver monitoring system and a sensor suite…

100K Jobs At Risk in German Car Industry

Industry expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer expects to see 100,000 jobs cut from the German auto industry. Demand in Europe and America is slumping this year, production in Europe is likely to…

CEO Shake-‘n’-Shuffle at Ford

Ford CEO Jim Hackett (photo, R) will retire soon, after more than three years leading the company. Current COO Jim Farley (photo, L) is to become CEO and President on…

Toyota Turn Profit Despite Slowed Sales

Toyota have wrung a profit out of the 2nd quarter despite plunging sales amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The relatively robust results come as all major Japanese automakers—Nissan, Honda, Subaru, Mazda,…

ELS Chair: Achievements and Opportunities

The ELS (Embedded Lighting Systems) academic program was founded in 2014, from the collaboration and the joint efforts of the two major car makers in France—PSA and Renault—as well as…

The Audi Q5’s Digital OLED Technology

Audi have launched their new Q5 with digital OLED technology promising to improve road safety while allowing personalisation of the taillight signature. The benefits of OLEDs are about the extremely…

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