Philippe Aumont

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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…)

Fengsheng Maple is Low Cost Chinese EV

Fengsheng Automotive Technology, an affiliate company to Chinese auto giants Kandi and Geely, announced their new Maple 30x last week. The new electric crossover’s price starts under C¥70,000 (about €9,000). Compare this to inexpensive EVs in first-world countries, which start at around 30,000 Dollars or Euros (except the Renault Dacia Spring coming soon). The 30x…

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Xpeng Promises L3 Autonomy

Xpeng Motors’ P7 “smart electric sports sedan” officially rolled out in China on 27April with big promises including a 700 km range on the NEDC cycle (versus the Tesla 3 in China’s official rating at 670 km). Xpeng wants to offer their EVs at about half the price of a Tesla in China. The P7…

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“Summon” Your Tesla in a Parking Lot

Tesla vehicles are going to be able to drop you off and park themselves later this year, according to a new comment from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. With Smart Summon, Tesla introduced a significant upgrade to its capacity to remotely and autonomously move its car, which the automaker refers to as “summoning”. Tesla owners can…

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Recticel Divest Interior Business

Recticel, from Belgium, has entered into a binding agreement in order to bring its automotive interiors business in a joint venture under the control of Munich-based privately owned investment company Admetos. In addition, Recticel has reached a binding agreement with Greiner AG to divest its 50% participation in the Eurofoam joint venture. The ventures follow…

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Automotive Interior Trends: A Car and Concept Review -Report

This report presents highlights of 2020’s automotive interior innovations so far, as shown at the main events of the first quarter of the year—most recent of which, the virtual Geneva…

Stay Safe In Car

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe, crushing impact on the global automotive industry, disrupting manufacturing, supply, and trade all over the planet. This is placing intense pressure on an…

Trends in Interior Lighting

Mercedes EQC – IAA 2019 New forms of shared mobility, the electric vehicle, the autonomous car, digitalization, and connectivity come with new needs regarding car interior lighting. It must enable driving safely, relaxing comfortably, living, or working inside the vehicle. It must also be more personal and customizable, using different sensors and technologies. Let’s take…

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