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Global carmakers will see rising demand this year as sales in China and the United States expand and Europe starts to grow again, Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn says.
As reported in DVN, Jean-Philippe Benoist is replacing Mathieu Lips as Renault’s lighting chief.
Last week, DVN organised a celebration to wish Mathieu Lips all well in his new job, to welcome Jean-Philippe Benoist to the lighting community, and to interview both men.
Present were Whilk Goncalves from PSA, Hans-Theo Dorissen from Hella, Kamislav Fadel from AL, Arnaud Perrotin from Valeo, and representatives from French Tier-2 suppliers and universities.
We present first the interview with Mathieu Lips, who describes his enthusiasm for lighting even as he moves to other responsibilities. Following that, there’s the interview of Jean-Philippe Benoist, well convinced of the importance of lighting in the automotive industry for brand identity and its level of innovations.
DVN: Mathieu, what is your feedback after three and a half years leading the Renault lighting department?
Mathieu Lips : I have one immediate word: exciting!
Exciting for 3 reasons: innovation, motivation, community
1) an innovative field:
In lighting we have the chance to live an on-going technical breakthrough with the arrival of LEDs to light the road. I say it is a breakthrough because I’m convinced the performance of LEDs and the opportunities for new usages will continuously improve for years. Working in an innovative field is a great chance as it is generally more enthusiastic. On the other hand it requires being very pragmatic in order to offer the right service at the right moment for the end customer.
With the scalable e-light, Automotive Lighting bring an 11W low beam to the table. With their decision, the European Commission honored the achievement of AL.
After three years of development, LMT Berlin have unveiled their robotic goniophotometer at Light & Building 2014, the world’s largest lighting fair in Frankfurt last week.
The 20th annual PACE awards for auto part suppliers’ outstanding innovations were announced last week.
Lumens, a company specializing in LEDs, will step into the LED-package competition with the introduction of their Ergon Series.
As reported last month in DVN, the LightSightSafety CLEPA Initiative held a night drive press event at the Nürburgring Grand-Prix-track.
We’re closely following the joint petition by Tesla Motors and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers to allow side-view cameras instead of side-view mirrors.
Land Rover have shown what they’re calling the “transparent bonnet” on their Discover Vision concept car.
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