CES Goes All Digital
The Consumer Technology Association have decided to modernise; CES 2021 will be an all-digital experience. With the growing global health concerns about the spread of COVID-19, it is not possible…
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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.
Designers Shuffler at Renault, Peugeot
Veteran PSA designer Gilles Vidal has left Peugeot to join Renault, where he will report to Laurens van den Acker, corporate design EVP and member of Groupe Renault’s Executive Committee.…
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Hella Work to Boost Competitiveness on Lower Sales
In a difficult market environment, based on preliminary figures, Hella generated lower currency and portfolio-adjusted sales in FY19-20 (June 2019 to May 2020) than in FY18-19: €5.8bn (versus €6.8bn) and…
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Michigan Marelli Light Plant to Close Down
Marelli Automotive Lighting plan to close their factory in Clarkston, Michigan. Production will end in January 2021, affecting 263 employees. The closure is due to what the company call “a…
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Velodyne Going Public Through a SPAC
Graf Industrial will buy Velodyne Lidar, a company that supplies 3D mapping for self-driving car capabilities. In late 2018, Graf Industrial initiated an IPO effort with the specific intention of…
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Cepton, Luminar Scale Up Car Tech Efforts
Lidar sensor and technology builders Cepton and Luminar recently announced their expansion plans respectively, aiming to scale the market as well as to speed up technology development. Cepton Technologies, who…
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Lucid’s New Lidar-Integrated ADAS
Lucid Motors’ DreamDrive is a new ADAS to be revealed in full next month. It combines sensing solutions including lidar, and will equip the Lucid Air vehicle slated for first…
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Renault Ex-Chief is New JLR CEO
Tata Motors have named Thierry Bollore to be the next CEO of their Jaguar Land Rover operation. Bollore, who lost his post as Renault CEO last October, will replace Ralf Speth…
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Dieter Zetsche’s Second Daimler Chairmanship
Former Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche (photo, left) is the best candidate to be the company’s next chairman, says current Chairman Manfred Bischoff (photo, right). Zetsche was succeeded as CEO in…
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Renault CEO Confident in Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
New Renault CEO Luca de Meo says he is confident his company’s troubled alliance with Japanese partners Nissan and Mitsubishi will demonstrate its value for all three companies. De Meo,…
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