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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.

LED Bulbs Start Small

Osram and Philips are releasing LED retrofits for small incandescent bulbs such as the W5W, 194, and 168 used throughout millions of cars. The retrofits are initially intended for unregulated applications

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Top Plaudit for Jaguar Design Chief

Jaguar design director Ian Callum has won a Minerva Medal, the uppermost award from the CSD (Chartered Society of Designers). Callum is the first automotive designer to win the award since Giorgetto Giugiaro in 1981;

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ZKW Pick Up Another Volvo Award

Following the “Supplier Award” from Volvo Truck, ZKW have now received the “Award for Best Launch Support” from Volvo Car in China.

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New Toshiba Electric Eyes for ADAS

Toshiba will expandtheir range of image-recognition processors for automotive applications with the launch of the TMPV760 series. The first model, designated TMPV7608XBG, is slated for series production starting in December of 2016.

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Driving Across Europe in Communicating Cars

The ‘Communicating Cars’ project has successfully concluded its week-long test drive along the European Cooperative ITS Corridor that spans Austria, Germany and the Netherlands.

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Delphi in New Partnership With University

A new partnership will jointly develop technology that will help accelerate the introduction of automated and autonomous driving. UK-based Delphi Automotive PLC will partner with Ottomatika Incorporated,

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BMW Trial Smart Specs for QA in Production

BMW Group are running a pilot project at their U.S. plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina to see if wearable technology can improve and accelerate workflows in quality assurance. Workers are using Google Glass to record tests with pre-series vehicles.

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Hyundai–Kia On Track for Record Sales in ’14

Hyundai–Kia say better-than-expected sales in Brazil, China, and India will help them sell a record eight million vehicles this year, even as a stronger Korean currency erodes profitability.

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GM Turn New Face to Suppliers

Addressing an industry conference in Traverse City, Michigan, General Motors’ global powertrain boss Steve Kiefer asked a room packed with about 500 people how many owned a GM vehicle. Only about 12 hands went up.

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New Opel Engineering Chief

Charlie Klein has been named Opel’s new engineering chief, a promotion from the European GM brand’s chief engineer for light commercial vehicles. Klein will lead more than 6,000 engineers at GM’s international technical development center in Germany.

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