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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.

Bullough Lecture Crowned Best of VISION

The best lectures of the VISION congress have been selected by the VISION steering committee, with committee members mixing their own assessments with those of attendees who filled out feedback forms.

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Symposium Haus der Technik: Fruitful Day in Berlin

45 Participants listened and discussed the future of automotive lighting on 2 December at a biennial symposium chaired by distinguished vehicle lighting guru Dr. Rainer Neumann from Varroc Lighting Systems.

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LED Plow & Equipment FCL from Nordic

Heavy machinery makers long wanted full LED headlamps for their equipment in addition to the already-widely-used LED work lights. Options have been sparse, but now

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Mark Rosekind is New US Traffic Safety Administrator

Mark Rosekind has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate, filling the long-vacant position at the top of NHTSA. His confirmation comes a full year after former NHTSA administrator David Strickland announced plans to resign from the agency.

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Price Pressure Strains Relations: Suppliers

Suppliers say increasing price pressure in the form of intensifying demands for price cuts is degrading their relations with automakers. That’s what IHS Automotive’s newly-released Global OEM-Supplier Relations Study says.

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“Full Display” Mirror from Gentex

Gentex will soon unveil their “Full Display Mirror”, an intelligent rear vision system that uses a custom externally-mounted camera and mirror-integrated video display to optimise a driver’s rearward view.

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Blind Spots Vanish from Virtual Windshield

Jaguar Land Rover are testing a new 360° virtual urban windshield which gives drivers a full view of the environment around the car and eliminates blind spots that can cause crashes, especially with pedestrians.

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BMW to Show Self-Park at CES

At the forthcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BMW will demonstrate f ully-automated parking in parkades and their 360° collision avoidance system

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Continental, Denso Sensors for Toyota

Toyota’s new Safety Sense C system, for lower-range cars, will use a camera/lidar module from Continental. The Safety Sense P system for middle and high-range cars will use new monocular cameras and separate radars from Denso.

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New Chief Buyer for Renault-Nissan

Yasuhiro Yamauchi has been appointed Executive Vice President of Renault-Nissan’s Purchasing and Chairman & Managing Director of the Renault-Nissan Purchasing

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