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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.
ISAL 2015 Report Goes Live
For the engineers and experts who could not attend ISAL 2015, or for the attendants who did not catch all the information, we are pleased to release a photo-illustrated report…
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Highlights of the Tokyo Auto Show
The Tokyo motor show included some interesting cars; here we present their lighting features.
BMW M4 GTS
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The L-shaped rear lights bristle with new technology: the innovative OLED rear lights will make their series-production launch in the BMW M4 GTS. The tail lights accentuate the width of the car’s rear, and present a visual sculpture at once flowing and technological.
Lexus LF-FC Flagship Concept
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The LF-FC flagship concept has floating L-shaped DRL arrays seamlessly faired into the front fenders. The rear, meanwhile, has dramatic, swoopy new tail lamps that adopt the same floating theme as the DRL.
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PSA, Renault to Talk on Lighting
PSA Peugeot-Citroën and Renault will talk about lighting at the CCFA centre close to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on the 18th of November at 6 :30 pm.
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Mitsubishi Blends Signal, Road Lighting
Mitsubishi Electric’s EMIRAI3 xDAS concept car, shown at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, has an innovative comprehensive indication system that illuminates
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Laser Boosters Work: Prof Khanh at Hong Kong
Last week at the SSL conference held in Hong Kong, Professor Khanh presented the lecture “SSL light sources and how to design modern automotive headlamps improving detection
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Improved Monte Carlo Modelling from Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics’ CAD embedded CFD software FloEFD has some new capabilities suitable for the automotive lighting industry, namely an improved Monte Carlo radiation model
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Soraa Expand Eastward to New York
Soraa have announced plans to open a new LED manufacturing facility in Syracuse, New York. The new plant will come onstream late this year, and will employ more than 300
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Clothing-embedded LEDs for Cyclist Safety
According to NHTSA, bicyclist deaths are up. One of the major reasons is that cyclists are not very visible, particularly at night.
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ZKW Elektronik in Growth Spurt
For over two years ZKW have been developing and manufacturing electronic components for car lighting systems at the Wiener Neustadt location. 2.7 million LED modules
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