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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.

Michigan offers grants for advanced lighting demo projects

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) has announced that the Michigan Energy Office (MEO) will make approximately $1 million available from American Recovery

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Cree Claim New White LED Efficacy Record

Cree are claiming a new R&D record for white LED efficacy of 231 lm/W. The value was measured for a single-die component at a correlated color temperature of 4500K.

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Jaguar Land Rover Speed Design with Optis Software

Optis, software developer for the scientific simulation of light and human vision, last week announced that Jaguar Land Rover are using their SPEOS physics-based rendering software

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Q&A with Delphi’s Mike Thoeny on ADAS

Below are the main points of an interview of Mike Thoeny, global engineering director, electronic controls, Delphi Electronics & Safety.to Just-Auto:

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Renault Supports U.N. Road Safety Initiative

Considering that road accidents will be the number-three cause of death worldwide by 2020, the UN has announced its ambition to save five million lives in the coming decade.

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U.S. Highway Fatalities Down: NHTSA

U.S. highway fatalities have declined by more than 1,000 people in the last year, NHTSA will say in its next annual report, Deputy Administrator Ronald Medford said at the recent 2011

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Western Europe Sales Down in April

Car sales in Western Europe fell by 3.6% year-on-year in April, according to JD Power Automotive Forecasting.

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Detroit Makers See Big Sales Gains

GM saw a 26% increase, Ford gained 16%, and Chrysler sales were up 22% in April 2011 compared with April 2010, Autodata reported last week.

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Fiat Option on Chrysler: Over 70%

Fiat have options to increase their stake in Chrysler Group LLC to more than 70% as the U.S. government seeks to exit its investments in the auto industry.

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GM to Pour $2bn Into U.S. Plants

GM will invest $2bn in American plants in eight U.S. states as the automaker work to boost production and market share. The plans were announced last week at a transmission factory in Toledo,

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