New Taiwan Plant for Everlight
LED and optoelectronics maker Everlight Electronics have opened their new Miaoli Tongluo factory—a USD $300m+ project
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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.
Lights-On Laws Pop Up in USA, India
In Europe and the rest of the wide world where UN R48 applies, mandatory DRLs were phased in over six years ago. In Canada they’ve been required since 1990.
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New Calibration Standard from Instrument Systems
There’s a new calibration standard in Instrument Systems’ ACS-570 series. Together with their PSU 10 controller, the Munich-based light measurement technology
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Lextar to Make LED Headlamp Module
Taiwan-based LED manufacturer Lextar have announced their latest LED polyellipsoidal (projector) headlamp module. Tailored for automotive and motorcycle headlights,
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Uber AV Crash Mimics Humans, Generates Data
A recent crash involving an Uber driverless car suggests autonomous software might take risks like a human driver.
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Will AVs Improve Life? Depends Who’s Asked!
AVs stand to erase mobility limitations for individuals so afflicted, but a lot of people just aren’t ready or willing to accept AVs on the road.
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ZF CEO Warns Against Walls
ZF’s annual press conference and financial report for 2016 was a big event, given it involved the first full year after ZF acquired TRW in 2015.
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SUVs, Crossovers Swarm European Market
European demand for SUVs and crossovers of every size and price continues unabated, and those kinds of vehicles benefited disproportionately from the region’s
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Geneva Autoshow: Interesting As Always!
It is always intriguing to see what happens outside of the office. Why reinvent what somebody else has already done? Auto shows and workshops are meant for that kind of…
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Four Takeways From Geneva
The 87th Geneva International Motor Show had registered more than 690,000 visitors as of two hours before it ended on Sunday evening—a grand success for sure. The show involved a Car of the Year award for the Peugeot 3008, and presentation of 175 new models and concept cars to a gathering of 10,700 media representatives from all over the world. Visitors had the pleasure of viewing more than 900 exciting vehicles on display within the framework of what has become the largest event in Switzerland.
As at previous Geneva shows, there wasn’t much promotion about lighting in car makers’ booths or press releases—though there were many interesting front and rear lamps equipping the new production and concept cars on display.
DVN’s high-resolution pictures from the show are available on our website.
The four takeaway points we retain from my visit are:
Use of front and rear lamps in the concept cars to accentuate the signature of the brand
| Ranger Rover Velar |  Opel Crossland X |
 Volkswagen Arteon |
 Volvo XC60 |
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