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TRW are transforming traditional technologies such as keypad entry systems to offer control of a variety of options at the touch of a fingertip. “Just as today’s
Continental are ready to deploy Ethernet-networking technology in forthcoming vehicles, following intensive development and validation of the system’s
German and Japanese cars have again captured the top spots in an annual reliability survey by the German testing organisation TÜV, with the hybrid Toyota
GM sold 9.03 million vehicles worldwide last year, the company said on their Web site. The results probably secure the automaker’s place as the world’s largest
General Motors and Volkswagen produced seven of China’s ten best-selling passenger vehicles last year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
The VW Golf was Europe’s best-selling model in 2011, taking the top spot for the fourth year in a row, according to data from JATO Dynamics.
Daimler plan to more than double output of their vehicles to 2.7m by 2020 to become the world’s largest premium car maker, a German business magazine reported.
Renault Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said he expects a record year for the automotive industry this year. Speaking in Davos, Switzerland, Ghosn said a European
At the latest DVN workhop two weeks ago near Detroit, Philips and Osram presented their views as well and market intelligence on trends, benefits, and challenges in LED headlighting. Here are the salient points:
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All car makers and lighting suppliers are working on LED headlamps. For instance, Osram and Visteon sponsor a design class at the College for Creative Studies to conceptualise future automotive LED lighting.
LED technology facilitates new possibilities in function and safety , unlocking new solutions for better seeing and reduced glare as well as intelligent IR applications. It expands the possibilities in styling and æsthetics , adding new dimensions to brand identification, empowering designers with the flexibility to explore shapes, colours, and configurations never before possible. It offers energy savings , particularly important with hybrid and electric vehicles wherein more efficient lighting translates directly to extended vehicle range.
The benefits offered by LEDs are well known to most of us: their robustness and durability, their compact packaging which facilitates lower profiles as well as applications involving light guides and 3D-appearing designs, their optical characteristics give rise to increased system optical efficiency, they consume less power, and their addressability and flexible electronic control strategies facilitate highly configurable light management.
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