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Hector Fratty
NHTSA Proposes NCAP Points for Lighting, ADAS
Daniel Stern, Driving Vision News
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration invites public comment on proposed upgrades to the US NCAP (New Car Assessment Program). Under the plan, NCAP points would be awarded to vehicles with better-than-minimally-legal low beam headlamps and rear turn signals, and equipped with what the agency calls semi-automatic high/low beam switching. On the driver assistance front, points would be awarded for blind spot detection, crash-imminent braking, and dynamic brake support. All of this would be in the context of points for better-than-legally-required safety performance in crashworthiness areas like pedestrian protection and rear-seat passenger protection in frontal crashes.
The proposal is an extremely lengthy document, with detailed rationale and multifaceted analysis of each technology or feature on the list for proposed new NCAP points. Here we present some of the main points of interest to our industry, in hopes as many interested parties as possible will comment variously on the ideas in the document, so the eventual result will be as close as possible to optimal from every angle.
LEDs for Cars: 8% CAGR by ’20?
Global and Automotive Lighting Market Report of 2015 says the automotive lighting industry is expected to grow by 10.8% to $28bn in 2015,
New Rohm 1-Rank Chip LEDs
Rohm have announced a high accuracy single-rank 1608-size high-brightness chip LED range optimised for applications like industrial equipment,
Lextar, Cree, Leadray in Streetlight R&D Pact
Taiwan-based LED maker Lextar have entered into a partnership with Leadray Energy and Cree to do R&D work on LED streetlights The impetus is the Taiwanese government’s mercury streetlight sunset plan,
LED Projects Mean Opportunity in India
The massive LED retrofit projects being undertaken in several states of India will open up huge business opportunity for the local LED industry.
Top LED lighting Brands in India
The LED Indian market is expected to gain significant momentum, in the coming years with increasing energy demand-supply gap, government initiatives,
Multi-Discipline from Mentor
Mentor Graphics Corporation have new tools: integrated electrical/electronic/software systems engineering capability for the transportation market.
PHARES: A Lighting Realisation in Paris
Milène Guermont, a French engineer, made «PHARES», a monumental sculpture to celebrate COP 21. It’s installed on the Place
Vehicle Display Systems: $18.6bn by ’21?
Driven by continued innovation in vehicle connectivity and safety technologies, global revenue from automotive display systems will grow at a CAGR
