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Longtime Ghosn ally to take role in alliance with Nissan.
Renault SA Board of Directors accepted yesterday Patrick Pelata’s resignation as chief operating officer over a botched espionage investigation that led to the wrongful dismissal of three senior managers. Pelata will stay on temporarily pending a reorganization
DVN met Thorsten Warwel at Cologne and will publish a paper on this visit in one of the next newsletters. Here is his preliminary interview with us:
DVN: Thorsten, you are in charge of lighting engineering at Ford Europe. What are your education, your different jobs, and your experience in lighting?
Thorsten Warwel: I have been studying in Germany Duisburg University (mechanical engineering). After that I worked 9 years at Visteon, developing lights, mainly for German OEMs, including international assignments. Since 2008 I am working for Ford, leading the global core lighting engineering organisation .
DVN: Under your influence, Ford is becoming one of the leaders in lighting innovation. Could you give us some info on the Ford’s advanced lighting features?
TW: We are pursuing all known AFS features, from an entry level cornering function to a high level full AFS headlamp, dependent on the region and the car segment. You will see a lot in the near future from Ford.
DVN: An increasing number of European Ford models are being adapted for sale in the North American market. What possibilities do you see for advanced Ford lighting to arrive intact on North American models?
TW: The North American market is very interested in more advanced lighting features, but we have to work through the legal limitations we are currently facing, to realize those technologies on the road.
DVN: Automatic high/low beam switching driven by a multifunction camera will improve comfort and safety, by allowing drivers to use much more the high beams. Have you already introduced this technology in Ford cars?
TW: Yes, we do have this technology already on the road in the new Mondeo, S-Max and Galaxy, as well in the new Focus (2011) and Lincoln. This feature is even combined with “Traffic sign recognition”, “Lane departure warning” and “Attention assist”. Other cars will follow.
LightSightSafety was asked to organise workshops for the sales and after sales force of BMW Belgium and Luxembourg concerning car lighting, during their “6 series Cabrio” intro training session’s
Below, some answers of Stefan Sielaff to Automotive News
DVN reproduce below the main points of an interesting paper from Tim Moran of Automotive News Europe published last month:
Peter Schreyer, the German styling boss at Kia who designed the original Audi TT 15 years ago, says his dream of adding a roadster to Kia’s lineup must wait at least another year.
Valeo have opened a global electronics expertise centre in Shenzhen and a wiper systems production plant in Wenling, China. The new electronics centre, which will employ more than 100
German lighting and electronics maker Hella have enquired about government-subsidised short-time work payments because of a potential production slowdown related to the earthquake in Japan,
According to a study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in the United States, thousands of pedestrian fatalities might be avoided each year with the fitment
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