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Philippe Aumont is a highly experienced executive with almost 40 years in the automotive interior supplier industry. Both engineering & business graduate, completed by many general management programs. He acted as Chief Technology Officer at Faurecia Seating, between 2011 and 2017. Previously he worked for Roth Frères, Johnson Controls and Faurecia, with various position in R&D, Marketing, Strategy, new product development, Open Innovation, start-ups, university, and earlier in JIT, Production, Program Management, Costing, Sales… with permanent assignment in France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany, and frequent travels in the US, Japan, China & India. Philippe is board member at SIA (Society of Automotive Engineers in France), and Ecole Centrale de Nantes (Engineering school). Philippe is passionate about automotive product and business model reshuffling (Autonomy, Connectivity, New Energy, Environment, and Car sharing), Innovation culture, organization, Technology scouting, Start-ups, Occupant-centric Design (Comfort, Perceived Quality, HMI, Cognitive…)

UK Poll Shows DMS Understanding but Low Awareness

Seeing Machines (see DVN’s CEO interview) is the company behind Ford’s AI driver monitoring technology that tracks and monitors driver behavior. The company recently carried out a representative poll looking at the attitudes of UK consumers towards hands-free driving technology which is rapidly becoming mandatory for carmakers to install around the world. A majority of…

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Stellantis Plans End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling with Galloo

Stellantis and Galloo, a Belgian metals recycling company, plan to collaborate on end-of-life vehicle recycling. The Stellantis-Galloo joint venture, in cooperation with selected approved remanufacturing facilities, is to collect a vehicle at the end of its service life, from its last owner. Parts will be sent for reuse, remanufacturing, or recycling. The service is scheduled…

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Mercedes Brings ChatGPT Into the Car

With the MBUX multimedia system introduced in 2018, Mercedes has raised the possibilities for interaction between driver and vehicle to a higher level. However, dialogic communication between humans and Mercedes still offers potential for improvement. Fasten your seatbelt, because the ChatGPT chatbot has now been integrated into MBUX. For the time being, this integration is…

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Mercedes-Benz Vision One-Eleven is Re-Envisioned Icon

It’s been over 50 years since Mercedes-Benz showed the C111 concept, a supercar with gullwing doors, stunning design, and an unusual engine. Shown at the 1969 IAA in Frankfurt, the C 111 had four representatives through the 70s—the C111-II, C111-III, and C111-IV—each with different powertrain components, from Wankels to turbodiesels. While Mercedes only built 16…

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Universities and Partners for Safe Autonomous Driving

Four autonomous vehicle types have been developed as part of the UNICARagil project, which brings together 16 universities and companies at ten locations in Germany that conduct interdisciplinary R&D. The goal was clearly defined: safe driverless driving in mixed traffic through new architectures in hardware and software. The four vehicles are a cab, a shuttle,…

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ZF Passive Safety Systems Division Goes Independent

Passive safety is still paramount to keep occupants safe, even if vehicles are getting more automated. ZF has decided to carve out their Passive Safety Systems division and set it up independently by the end of 2023. This is intended to open up new strategic options for action for the occupant protection systems business and…

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Porsche Sets New Division for SDV

Porsche is establishing a new software-dedicated division at their Nardò Technical Center proving ground in Italy, which was founded in 1975 and currently operates over 20 test tracks and facilities across more than 700 hectares of land in Puglia, Italy. At least 185 people help offer engineering services at the NTC, including vehicle testing for…

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