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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.

Hella, InnoSent Intensify Coöperation

Hella and the technology company InnoSenT have arranged to intensify their existing partnership. The newly signed coöperation agreement stipulates that InnoSenT

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Kia Tops J.D. Power Quality Survey

Kia overtook Porsche to lead the industry in J.D. Power’s annual report card on vehicle quality, marking the first time in 27 years that a nonpremium brand

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VW Plan 30 New EVs, Components Realignment

Volkswagen Group plan to introduce more than 30 electric vehicles by 2025, accounting for up to one-quarter of group sales.

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Leoni Win PSA Wiring Order

German automotive wiring systems maker Leoni said PSA Group have awared a contract worth €500m to equip a new DS model as well as the future Peugeot 208

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2016 DVN Tokyo Workshop

Around 240 attendees and exhibitors were present at the 2016 DVN Tokyo workshop. 38 were from 12 automaker brands, 72 were from 18 brands of lamp set makers, 118 were…

Driver Assistance News

2016 DVN Tokyo Workshop

2016 DVN Tokyo Workshop Available. Learn more…

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Editorial - Lighting

Lighting: The Path is Upward and Wonderful

Just two weeks ago I did a night drive of the Audi A5 in the Ingolstadt area. I discovered a very nice light which proves that the matrix beam technology…

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Night Drive with the New Audi A5

Audi A5 was unveiled beginning of June 2016 and will go on sale in Europe starting in the autumn
DVN has had the opportunity to analyse the light of this car and to make a night drive with Wolfgang Huhn and Michael Hamm in charge of lighting at Audi.

The headlamps are designed and produced by Automotive Lighting.
Three different versions of headmaps are available in this model:

Standard Version: Xenon 25w
– Low beam with BiXenon: 600Lm and 40Lx
– High beam with BiXenon: 950Lm and 110Lx
– Direction Indicators with bulb
– DRL with LED
– Automatic dynamic leveling system

First Option: Full LED
– Low beam with LED: 800Lm and 50Lx
– High beam with LED: 1,400Lm and 120Lx
– Direction Indicators without dynamic movement
– Cornering light
– All functions with LED
– Automatic dynamic leveling system

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Five Big Points From the Tokyo Workshop

This week our report on the DVN Tokyo Workshop goes live.

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Renault Unveil New Clio

Twenty-six years after the launch of the original Clio, a model that has sold 13 million units worldwide, Renault have now renewed their best-seller with

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