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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.

Truck-Lite LED Rear Lamp Has Sweep Turn Signal, Proximity Alert

Truck-Lite’s European operation, incorporating the venerable British Rubbolite brand, have announced a new all-LED 9-function combination rear lamp unit for truck

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Innovation Prize for BMW Laser Light

BMW’s i8 headlamps with laser booster has won second place in the prestigious Berthold Leibinger Foundation Award, which focuses on innovations in laser technology.

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New Heat Sink Materials from SABIC

SABIC are announcing two new grades of their KONDUIT™ range of polymeric thermally conductive compounds.

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LED (Over)Head Lighting for Ford

Ford have announced a worldwide initiative to install LED lighting in their manufacturing plants round the world. This will involve an investment of over USD $25m, and

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Eugeniy Neytchev is New OLSA CTO

Eugeniy Neytchev joined vehicle interior and exterior lighting supplier OLSA Group as CTO from 1 st of October 2014. He will manage worldwide R&D, Innovation and Industrialization for the OLSA Plant locations over three continents.

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Universal Smartphone-Car Integration by Continental

Continental have announced their MFST (Multifunctional Smartphone Terminal) to allow drivers to access and use smartphone functions safely and conveniently in any class of vehicle.

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BMW, Baidu in China Self-Drive Project

BMW are collaborating with Chinese internet giant Baidu to start highly automated driving trials in Beijing and Shanghai.

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What Car for Gen Y? European Perspectives Presented

In 2025, 40 % of car buyers will come from Generation Y (ages 18-31) in France — and the figure worldwide is 75% . What are their expectations from the automobile?

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China May Welcome Foreign EV Makers

The Chinese authorities have recently announced new measures to boost EV which still hold a very marginal share in their domestic car market. Foreign car manufacturers,

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Great Progress in ADAS; Great Future in Lighting

This past month, the Intelligent Transport System World Congress was held in Detroit. The congress was focused on autonomous cars and the infrastructure they need. In this week’s DVN we…

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