Paris Workshop for 15th DVN Anniversary
The Paris DVN Workshop will be held on 31st January and 1st February at the Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile hotel. The rubric for the event is to be Software Defined…
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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.
DVN Paris Workshop Docket & Program
Never before has a DVN Workshop docket had so many VIPs giving keynotes and lectures. And what a collection of automakers sharing their perspectives, and tier-1s and startups and regulatory experts.All this and an awards ceremony, too! Tuesday 31st January Welcome: opening remarks by Hector Fratty1st keynote: Christophe Perillat, Valeo President2nd keynote: Michael Kruppa. Audi…
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Opel Astra is German Compact of Year
The new Opel Astra was last week named German Compact Car of the Year. The independent expert jury of the German Car Awards chose the new Astra and Astra Sports Tourer. Innovative safety technologies, which Opel makes affordable for a broad range of buyers in the compact class with the new Astra, convinced the panel of…
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Behind the Volvo EX90 Thors´s Hammer
VOLVO TEAM Paul-Henri Matha gives his feedback and his thoughts, after the Volvo EX90 reveal in Stockholm.“What an event! I was delighted to hear lots of comments from the journalists during and after the reveal of the headlamp about how cool they are.“The concept was totally new and represented a new adventure for our team. Low…
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Sneak Preview: Lights at LA Auto Show
DVN attended the Los Angeles auto show a few weeks ago. Some auto brands were absent, yes, but still: wow, what a grand show after these years of pandemic-grade shows with sparse attendance by automakers and spectators alike. It was a great shock, in the best possible way, to come away once again from an…
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Tesla Taillight Trouble in China, Too
Shortly ago, we reported on Tesla’s over-the-air recall of well over a quarter-million cars with taillights that sometimes wouldn’t light up. Now a similar recall will have to be done in China after that country’s auto safety agency issued an order. Over 435,000 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles made and sold in China…
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Kyocera’s New GaN Laser Chip
Kyocera have a new thin-film process technology for making unique silicon substrates for GaN-based lasers and µLEDs. A micro-light source is one with a side measuring less than 100µm. Because they offer key performance advantages—higher definition; smaller size, lighter weight—micro-light sources are considered essential to next-generation automotive displays; wearable smart glasses, and communications equipment. The…
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VCSEL Lidar for New Changan Car
Shanghai-based lidar supplier Hesai say they have agreed a deal to provide their AT128 automotive-grade high-performance lidar sensors for a new car being built by Changan Automobile. Based around VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) arrays emitting at 905 nm, the AT128 units are claimed to have a range of 200 metres for 10-per-cent-reflective objects. Changan are…
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Omnitron MEMS Sensors: This Startup Could Disrupt the Lidar Market
Omnitron Sensors, a startup in Los Angeles, have developed a process to produce a fast-moving MEMS scanning mirror.The company say this will meet the large field of view requirements of lidars used for ADAS; AD; drones, and robotics. Omnitron’s MEMS mirror will produce a double- or triple-sized field of view compared to other MEMS mirrors…
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Honda: Hands-Off Features by ’30
Honda have revealed plans to expand their Honda Sensing suite of advanced driver-assistance technology to include hands-off features on all U.S. models by 2030. The automaker says the technology fits their goal to cut global traffic fatalities involving Honda autos and motorcycles. The upgraded suite, called Honda Sensing 360, is now being deployed on some models…
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