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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…)

Rear Occupant Alert is Standard in Hyundai

Hyundai has extended their voluntary commitment to install rear seat reminder systems in the majority of the company’s vehicle portfolio. Most models in Europe—even Hyundai’s entry-segment i20 vehicle—come equipped with a rear occupant alert (ROA) as standard, a technology which reminds the vehicle’s driver to check the rear seat area to ensure a child or…

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Springer Research: the Car Becomes a Health Manager

Soon, a passenger car will notice how the driver is feeling. The vehicle will measure the driver’s heart rate, breathing rhythm and blood sugar level. If he is stressed, the car will start the massage function and adjust the interior lighting, sounds and smells to help the driver relax. Finally, the car has data from…

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Volvo EX90 Revealed

The seven-seat premium electric EX90 SUV is the first model of Volvo’s new, all-electric vehicle generation. It is the first vehicle based on Volvo’s new SPA II technology and software architecture. This new top model is scheduled to enter production next year, initially in the USA and later also in China. The market launch of…

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Showcar SMNR-Mercedes Presents Virtual Study for Gamers

Virtual vehicle studies have been popular with car manufacturers for many years. However, Mercedes-Benz has so far gone the furthest from the limitations of the physical world with their latest design. SMNR (pronounced “Summoner”) is a virtual machine designed by Mercedes in partnership with Riot Games, the developer of the game League of Legends. It’s…

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_Faraday Future

Faraday Future’s ‘Futurist Product Officer’ has recently presented (besides his new job title) a new trend he’s starting: the ‘co-creative relationship between car and driver’ is where the client becomes part of the user ecosystem. “The ultimate user experience is when you shape the product yourself; co-create with the new faraday app, is experiencing the…

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Ford, VW End Argo AI JV—Now What?

Ford and Volkswagen have announced they are shutting down their joint venture, Argo AI, whose mission was to develop fully automated vehicles. Ford posted a third-quarter loss they largely blame on newly revealed plans to shut down Argo AI, a self-driving vehicle development company they had invested in. CEO Jim Farley said Ford now believes…

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Stellantis Buys Aimotive

Stellantis has agreed to buy Aimotive, a startup developer of advanced artificial intelligence and autonomous driving software. This acquisition enhances Stellantis’ AI and AD core technology, expands their global talent pool, and boosts the mid-term development of the all-new STLA AutoDrive platform. Aimotive’s technology product portfolio is focused on four key areas within artificial intelligence…

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Ampere is New Renault Brand for Electromobility

In addition to their planned partnership with Google, the Renault Group has announced the next stage of their electric strategy: After the first two ‘Renaulution’ phases—Resurrection and Renovation—now comes the Revolution stage. Under the Ampere brand, all-electric passenger cars are to be developed, produced and sold using software-defined vehicle technology. According to Renault CEO Luca…

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