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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.

Doing the Right New Lights the Right Way

Welcome/Farewell displays…dynamic turn signals…road-projected turn signals…road-projected reversing lamps…road-projected lane guidance lines…autonomous-mode indicator lights…variable-message displays that can show a vehicle’s state of charge, warn following drivers of emergencies up ahead, and…

Lighting News

Unclear future for light JV between Osram and Continental

Osram and Continental confirmed discussions about the future of their cooperation.The joint headlight company of the automotive supplier Continental and the lighting group Osram could possibly soon be dissolved. The…

OLEDs Grace New Audi Q5

Next-generation OLED lighting technology is available for the first time in the updated Q5. The optional OLED rear light is split into three tiles of six segments each, which enables…

New Lights On Nissan’s New Rogue

The 2021 version of Nissan’s Rogue CUV has an all-new lighting package. Up front, horizontal bar-shaped reflector LED headlamps placed halfway up the bumper fascia have four complex shovel optics…

Valeo Are № 2 Patent Filer in France

With more than 1,000 patents published in 2019, Valeo ranked second in the INPI (the French National Institute of Industrial Property) rankings. Valeo feel that innovation is aided and abetted…

CAPA: Parking Sensors, Lamp Mount Repair Kits…Truth?

CAPA (the Certified Automotive Parts Association) is an advocacy group for non-OEM aftermarket parts makers. CAPA say their goal is “to provide the auto repair industry with a reliable, trusted…

Audi Win Award For Virtual Side Mirror

For their virtual sideview mirror, Audi have received the Society for Information Display’s Display Application of the Year award.The Audi system comprises a small exterior camera and a door‐mounted 7″…

UN Regulations For No-Look Self-Drive Tech

The first regulations for L3 autonomous driving are going to hit the books soon. The first function to formally defined and regulated: ALKS (Automated Lane Keeping Systems), which enables a…

Velodyne Expand Lidar Partnerships, Applications

Velodyne Lidar have agreed a multi-year partnership with Outsight, who specialise in smart city monitoring. Outsight’s 3D ‘Semantic Camera’ system uses Velodyne Lidar’s sensing technology to help industry and government…

Tesla Overtake Toyota on Wall Street

Tesla last week became the highest-valued automaker as their shares boiled up to record highs, carrying their market capitalisation higher than that of former front runner Toyota. The surge boosted…

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