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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…)

IEE VitaSense Child Sensing Technology

IEE is a sensor supplier specializing in automotive safety and comfort technology. Their VitaSense radar-based interior sensing solution for unattended child detection (UCD) is “likely to become a landmark product” for the company, says CTO Alain Schumacher. “In the U.S. alone, 39 children die of vehicular heatstroke on average each year. With our experience in…

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Webasto EV Roof Concepts for Natural, Dynamic Light

The top criterion for EVs is still range. It not only influences customers’ purchasing decisions, but also the investments made by car manufacturers. Every innovation is tested during vehicle development, to get the most out of a battery charge. This consideration also affects the choice of roof system. New approaches are needed to meet the…

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Aston Martin is First with Apple CarPlay Ultra

Apple’s new CarPlay Ultra is making its worldwide debut in the Aston Martin Lagonda, DBX707, and ‘across all new core models’. CarPlay Ultra offers a seamless experience across the central display, and for the first time, the driver instrument cluster. It displays key vehicle information and allows users to control vehicle functions through bespoke Aston…

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Xiaomi YU7 Has HyperVision HUD

Xiaomi has shared details of their YU7 electric SUV’s interior. This large, high-performance car has a panoramic display above the center console, called HyperVision. It isn’t a screen, but a ‘PHUD’ a panoramic HUD. It projects the image on the bottom part of the windshield. This display is highly configurable. It can show information about…

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Huawei Maextro S800: Luxury Maybach Challenger?

Maextro, the premium automotive marque under Harmony Intelligent Driving, will officially launch their top-of-the-line luxury sedan, the S800, tomorrow on 30 May. Positioned as China’s most advanced large luxury sedan, the S800 combines cutting-edge technology with opulent design to directly challenge high-end international offerings like the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class. Co-developed by Huawei and former Nio contract…

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Pineapple Leather for Renault-Ampere Emblème

Renault’s Ampere division has unveiled the Emblème demo car, highlighting the innovative use of sustainable materials to tackle climate change and support resource conservation. Ampere Emblème (Renault image) The car features door panels and a center console upholstered in Piñatex, a plant-based leather, while the dashboard is upholstered with linen sourced locally from Normandy, France.…

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Waymo Wants Twice the Robotaxis by 2026

Waymo is currently making more than 250,000 trips with passengers per week in four US cities with over 1,500 robotaxis. By the end of next year, more than 2,000 additional Jaguar electric vehicles are to be converted into self-driving cars. Vehicles based on a Chinese Zeekr model are also set to join the fleet in…

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Where the World’s Biggest Car Brands Sell Cars

It’s a global automotive market, but which-all automakers are really global? It is interesting to understand where car brands are sold, and how the market is distributed by country. Looking at the 2023 numbers, before U.S. President Donald Trump started a trade war with destabilizing tariffs: Toyota is really the pan-Asian car company; 33 per…

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AI Chatbot for Contextual HMI Interaction

Last week we reported that BMW has entered a pact with DeepSeek for China-market New Class vehicles, part of their effort to meet the wants and needs of Chinese customers with a high degree of product localization. For the Chinese version of the Panoramic iDrive, BMW has specifically tailored their Operating System X to local…

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