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Hector Fratty

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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.

Ford, GM Safety Recalls Hit Nearly 400K U.S. Vehicles

Ford and GM have issued safety recalls affecting nearly 400,000 U.S. vehicles, according to separate reports filed with NHTSA. The largest recall covers more than 277,000 Ford Super Duty models and Lincoln Continental luxury sedans from the 2017-20 model years: an internal lens on the rearview camera has an antireflective coating that may degrade over time from exposure…

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DVN Interview: Valeo Visibility President Maurizio Martinelli

Maurizio Martinelli is President of Valeo’s Visibility Systems business group, which designs and manufactures innovative and high-performance lighting systems; wipers, and sensor cleaning systems. He holds a master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Politecnico of Milan, and began his career in commercial aviation before entering the automotive business in 1994 with Allied Signal’s automotive braking…

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Ford Jump On Road Projection Bandwagon

Ford are testing the projection of important information such as directions or speed limits onto the road surface in the headlight beam, keeping the driver’s eyes on the road. It would also be possible to display a suggested driving line that the person behind the wheel can follow, for example, in order to overtake cyclists…

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Varroc’s New Light: Black in Daylight, White at Night

Varroc’s innovation provides new design prospects: lights practically invisible—completely blackout dark—when switched off, but with eye-catching light signatures when switched on. Automakers can create distinctive light solutions to differentiate their brands and models. Haut du formulaire The lamp uses a combination of standard optical systems with new special foils to create really dark looking switched-off…

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feno Ultra-Thin Flat Light Guides at IZB 2022

German feno develop high-quality solutions, from lighting control systems and LED solutions to supporting software products, including LED solutions, signal converters and signal controllers to dimmers.At the International Suppliers Fair IZB in Germany, feno will showcase how flat light guides save valuable space in the design and planning of an automotive interior and can even…

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Webasto Work Toward Smarter Glass

Webasto have acquired Carlex Glass Luxembourg, who make glass elements for passenger cars and were previously part of Carlex Glass America. Webasto regard themselves as the market leader for sliding; panoramic, and convertible roofs. They aim to further develop their offering in this product group with pioneering technologies and materials; CEO Holger Engelmann says “Electromobility…

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