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Ralph Gilles, Chrysler ‘s Senior Vice President of Product Design, told attendees at the SAE Convergence conference last week that technology can be put to use extending and restoring mobility to older people.
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen’s China joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Corp. began construction of its fourth assembly plant — a factory intended to serve the country’s western regions.
Global sales of anti-crash sensors will total $10 billion in 2020 — up from $4 billion this year, predicts IHS Automotive, a research firm based in suburban Detroit.
24 cars with production and prototype lighting systems were presented last week at the VISION congress. Three circuits were used with eight vehicles per circuit. For logistical and safety reasons, participation was limited to 240 attendees.
The GREEN circuit, with sharp curves, included cars mainly equipped with LED and 25w HID headlamps. Although attendees in this circuit regretted no ADB or laser technologies being presented, very interesting lights were available nevertheless, including:
• Citroën DS3 with 25w BiXenon for the low beam plus three LED modules for the high beam as well. A nice light for a nice car: homogeneous, with enough light on the road and good width. The high beam, too, is very pleasant. See next more details.
• Skoda Octavia demonstrator from FLTC equipped with a BiLED headlamp. The light performance is at the level of halogen, but with a good energy savings.
• 2 demonstrators show Valeo’s BiLED and peopLED offerings. The first is very interesting and shows a good future, the second gives less light with nice styling possibilities.
New promising technologies and functionalities to increase the resolution of camera controlled static ADB lighting systems were presented by M. Christian Schmidt, Hella, at the first day session of 2014 Vision Congress.
How does improved visibility created by a camera controlled LED matrix high beams translate into driver perception? How many vertical segments are needed to give the driver a feeling of comfort, safety and reliability?
The first-circuit demonstration car pool at VISION 2014’s nighttime ride-and-drive event included cars with light systems well suited to this circuit’s twisty, hilly roads.
Koito, who have been asserting their LED headlamp mettle in a variety of ways, at VISION showed their vision for a compact, modular LED headlamp projector family. Implementations can range from simple low-beam-only or high-beam-only versions,
At the VISION congress, Osram showed a new LED for car headlamps, so bright that a single LED can be used to provide a complete low beam. The tremendous brightness is the result of a combination of UX:3 chip technology
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