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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…)

Reintroducing Tactility to the Automotive Experience

The 14th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications was held last month in Seoul, Korea. Many papers were presented in the domains of accessibility; driver expectations and safety; human-centered design; novel interfaces, and e-HMI. Bentley, based on research conducted with University College London and DCA International—a UK product design and development…

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Volvo to Detect Left-Behinds In Car

Volvo Cars says their new EX90 EV SUV will feature a world-first interior radar system designed to ensure that no one is unknowingly left behind in the car. One aim is to stop hot-car deaths, which have killed more than 900 children and an enormous number of pets in the U.S. since 1998. To stop…

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Recycled Polystyrene With Virgin Properties

Technip Energies and Agilyx have launched their TruStyrenyx brand, said to be a complete solution for the chemical recycling of polystyrene (PS). The solution combines Agilyx’s pyrolysis process and Technip Energies’ purification technology, yielding a recycled styrene monomer with exceptionally high purity. Styrene monomer is used to make numerous plastics and other polymers. It is…

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BMW XM’s Roomy Premium Interior

BMW XM concept car has turned into a production model, with a preview recently presented. DVN Interior previously reported on this concept. High-quality interior surfaces enrich the cockpit, with BMW’s curved display placed on a matte carbon surface which also features on the vehicle’s center console. Carbon elements are fitted within the instrument panel and…

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Bentley Bentayga Update Focuses on Wellbeing

The interior of the new 4-door Bentayga S Hybrid has a contemporary feel, featuring crafted leather and Dinamica eco-suede. A digital instrument panel displays performance design dials and a combination PHEV power meter/tachometer. There’s fluted seating; s emblems on the fascia, and illuminated sillplates and headrests. The Bentayga S models also feature a ‘hybrid sports…

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In-Cabin Sensing

Henry Ford is apocryphally claimed to have said ‘if I would have asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses’ . Made-up or not, it’s an assertion readily used to vindicate the successful story of the automobile as the genius form of mobility back then and since. Well, this is an approximation.…

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Adient–EnerTech Alliance for Mobility Tech

Adient is partnering with EnerTech Capital, a U.S.-based venture capital firm focused on emerging technologies and business models in the mobility space. EnerTech’s current platform has a significant focus on emerging opportunities in the mobility space across electrification; autonomy; smart mobility, and connectivity. This partnership provides Adient with opportunities to benefit from insights into trends…

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Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus

With last week’s official opening, the Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (MBDFC) is now up and running. The campus bundles the development, testing, and seamless and rapid global implementation of MO360 software applications for automotive production with a series of state-of-the-art pilot lines and test cells, and acts as a digital start-up factory in the plant…

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