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…)

Automatophobia: An AD Constraint?

Minimize traffic jams, reduce the number of accidents, save fuel and improve the CO2 footprint: automated driving could bring considerable benefits for road traffic. As a supplement to buses, trains and the like, automated vehicles would therefore be an important component of the traffic turnaround. But there is a catch: this perspective is largely based…

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Toyota, Nissan, Honda in SDV Pact

To keep pace with the huge upheavals in the automotive industry, major Japanese car makers Toyota, Nissan, and Honda are taking an unusual approach. Under the guidance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the companies want to jointly drive forward the development of software-defined vehicles (SDV). This should enable Japanese manufacturers to…

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Geneva Show ’25 Cancelled; Qatar GIMS in Active Planning

Since 1905, the Geneva International Motor Show has often been regarded as a springboard for the future of mobility. Time was, Geneva was the main innovative auto show, with 120,000 m2 of hall space, 120 exhibitors, and over 600,000 visitors. Now, it seems to have reached the end of its road. While the February 2024…

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