Los Angeles Auto Show Report

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The Los Angeles auto show this year was one surprise after another—almost all of them favourable.A few automakers were absent, but most established and new marques were on display. The show filled two big halls and felt much like a good old full-scale pre-pandemic event. There was tremendous variety in design and configuration; lighting has…
According to the 2022 Global Automotive LED Product Trend and Regional Market Analysis released by TrendForce, the increasing uptake of LED headlamps and the development of new lighting functions; lit logos, and new ambient lights—among other advanced technologies—bolstered the automotive lighting market in 2022. Global automotive lighting market scale (TrendForce) TrendForce estimate the global prevalence of…
Hella continue to expand their leading position in digital, chip-based headlamp systems. They’ve started the world’s first series production for their Solid State Lighting | High Definition headlamp at their Lippstadt site, and have received high-volume series orders for this technology from German and international premium car manufacturers—orders totalling around €1.5bn. Hella’s lighting managing director…
Changan Deepal Dark Blue S7 The second model of Changan’s Deepal brand may be designated the Dark Blue S7. It’s consistent with the SL03’s design, with slim headlamps. and a full-width rear light bar, with petal-design tail lights. SAIC Rising F7 The Rising F7 adopts a closed front face, with particularly sharp-lined headlamp design. Angular…
ZKW’s Black Box robot station has been awarded a Special Mention in the German Design Awards. The Black Box is a fully automated handling; inspection, and packaging system for optical parts; it’s used for simplified, automated headlamp lens processing and quality inspection, for example. The Black Box can simultaneously process and inspect different kinds of…
Over a century’s worth of Asahi Kasei innovation is represented in the AKXY2 concept car they’ll bring to CES next month, showcasing solutions for the entire automotive value chain—from raw materials and production technologies to the usage of recycled and recyclable materials. The AKXY2 has technology that touches the senses and ensures the highest functionality…
Riou Glass, who specialise in insulative glazing with high energy and environmental performance, have acquired a majority stake in Belgian holding company Glass Invest, who own Euroglas-De Landtsheer; Safetyglass, and Industrial Glass Processing. The objective of the buy-in is to create industrial and commercial synergies between the two glassmakers in France and Belgium. Created in…
Volvo’s electric EX90 will go on sale in 2024 with all the hardware required for L4 self-driving. The system’s linchpin is the first rooftop-mounted lidar unit on an international-market passenger vehicle—Luminar’s Iris. It’s a semi-solid-state system, which scans using larger macro mirrors rather than the micromirrors found in a MEMS configuration. Its light source is…
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