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BMW, Audi, and Daimler have launched an alliance with mobile telecoms network equipment firms Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia, and Qualcomm to accelerate
Hitachi Automotive Systems will establish a new Information & Safety Systems Division to strengthen their business in autonomous driving systems and other
The European midsize premium segment grew at a near double-digit pace in the first half because of new models from Audi, Jaguar and BMW. The sector is forecast
DVN visited Automechanika last week, and discovered interesting aftermarket lighting products.
Osram
Osram presented a new retrofit HID headlamp set, new halogen and HID bulbs, and new accessories. They also showed LED retrofits for incandescent signal bulbs—not legal in Europe, but already on the market in North America. Watch for an upcoming DVN special feature on those.
| LED retrofits for incandescents |
Following the LEDriving Xenarc HID retrofit headlamp set introduced in 2014 for the Audi A4 B7, now Osram are launching a set for the VW Golf VI. A favourite of tuning fans, the Golf VI can now be legally upgraded from halogen to HID headlamps. The new lamps are equipped with D8S lamps for low and high beam, LED DRL, and LED signal lighting, all in OEM quality.
A team from Osram and BMW have been nominated for the 2016 German Future Prize’s President’s Prize for Technology and Innovation for their project on laser headlighting.
Autocar has named Laurens van den Acker their Designer of the Year at an awards ceremony held at Silverstone.
The Jeep Wrangler is perhaps the only current-model vehicle still using the 7-inch round headlamp format first standardised in 1940 at the dawn of the sealed-beam era
An new light called Stoptix uses an inbuilt g-force sensor to provide a stop light function when the rider of a bicycle applies the brakes. The goal is to protect bicycles against
Extract from Automotive Industry Today
The headlamp is limited by the design space. The shape of the heat sinks is key to a successful design,
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