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“Dooring” accidents are when cyclists fall over (or are otherwise injured by) car doors being opened into the cyclist’s travel path. Ford are now developing a special exit warning function to combat dooring. When sensors detect a possible collision, they give audiovisual warnings. If necessary, the door could also be prevented from opening until the…
Velodyne haveannounced a sales agreement with Idriverplus to provide Puck sensors over three years. Idriverplus will use Velodyne lidar sensors in mass production of commercial autonomous vehicles. This year, Idriverplus plan to place into commercial operation in China thousands of their unmanned electric street cleaning vehicles, called Woxiaobai, each equipped with two Puck sensors to ensure security…
In 2016, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class came with amazing new headlamps, each containing 84 LED chips in three rows to produce low beam, high beam, and high-resolution ADB. New development directions with 4 to 10 kilopixels are steadily building toward megapixel resolution, and this technology is for the foreseeable future state-of-the-art in production ADB resolution. For…
Digitalisation, electrification, user experience, and new mobility concepts—these megatrends are shaping the future of automotive lighting. Osram Continental are therefore focusing on projection in 2020. With expertise in vehicle lighting, optoelectronics, and software, Osram Continental are using innovative projection solutions to extend the possibilities of classic headlamp technology: projectors turn vehicles and their surroundings into…
Last week on February 18 & 19, IQPC held a conference about the topic of “Intelligent Automotive Lighting “ at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cologne. The theme of the conference was “Getting ready for autonomous driving: How to ensure safety and promote comfort via light “. An audience of about 50 people listened to…
A Varroc Lighting factory on the outskirts of Pune City, India caught fire early last Tuesday. The plant manufactures lighting products for four wheelers in India and contributes about 2% to the consolidated revenue of Varroc Engineering. There is said to be no significant impact on the company’s operations, though Varroc Engineering stock dipped 2.43%…
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