Change at Hella Management
Hella’s Shareholder Committee has made important personnel decisions at the management board level of the company:
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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.
Facelift Brings Fancy New Lights for Škoda Superb
Škoda continue to drop hints and peeks about the new Superb, due to be unveiled in Bratislava this Thursday. The refreshed Superb’s lighting system, we now know, boasts first-for-the-brand full-LED matrix headlamps and dynamic lighting functions.
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More Laser Lights from SLD Laser
SLD Laser are showing their SkyBeam along with LaserLight-Fiber and SMD products at LightFair International this week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
SLD have also demonstrated FiberLight modules at LightFair for specialty pendant lights,
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Cree in Exclusive Silicon Carbide Pact with VW
The Volkswagen Group have chosen Cree as the exclusive silicon carbide partner for the Group’s FAST (Future Automotive Supply Tracks) initiative. The aim of FAST is to implement technical innovations more efficiently and effectively to realise global
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Citroën’s Long-Distance EV AV Concept
Citroen say their 19_19 concept takes inspiration from the worlds of aviation and interior design to offer a vision of future full-electric and autonomous long-distance luxury travel. The car has a range of 800 km, which Citroën call “extended mobility to escape from the
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More than 11M Vehicles Equipped with V2X in 2024: Report
11.2 million light vehicles equipped with some form of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) system will be produced globally in 2024, representing 12% of the light vehicle fleet, based on new research and forecasts from research firm IHS Markit.
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Nissan focussed to cameras and radars
Nissan said last week it would, for now, stick to self-driving technology which uses radar sensors and cameras, avoiding lidar or light-based sensors because of their high cost and limited capabilities.
The Japanese automaker unveiled updated
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Lidar Traffic Tracker from Sick
German sensor technology supplier Sick have launched a lidar-based vehicle measurement system that enables highly accurate 3D profiling of vehicles across multiple lanes in free-flowing traffic.
The Sick Free Flow Profiler is a versatile system suitable for vehicle
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BMW’s Harald Krüger Sings Shareholder Praises in Munich
Extract from the conference to the stakeholders
“Earning of €9.8bn is the second-highest Group earnings in our history. Our Group EBT margin was above 10%, and we invested almost €6.9bn in R&D.
“You are passionate about everything you do. You create
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German R&D Centre for Geely
Geely Auto Group, who claim to be China’s leading privately-owned automotive company, have opened a research and development facility at Raunheim, Germany. They say their intent is to accelerate innovation in new propulsion systems and next-generation
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