Beijing Autoshow DVN Report Goes Live
We have just released our detailed Beijing Autoshow report about the new vehicles presented last week. This event was the biggest event of 2024 for our automotive industry, with all…
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Beijing Motor Show: Behind the Scenes
By Wolfgang Huhn My main takeaways from the Beijing Motorshow 2024: Cell phone manufacturers are becoming automakers. They are counted on the stock exchange as high-tech, not as car manufacturers (like Tesla). The cell phone companies take care of the electronics platform, including the all-important infotainment, as well as the batteries and all the software.…
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Plastic Films in Mobility
Around 200 people gathered in Würzburg, Germany, at the Plastic Films in Mobility conference on 23-24 April to talk about the design and technology trends in automotive interior and exterior applications. The conference chair committee put a diverse panel together which covered the entire value chain, from film production, the associated printing and film forming…
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Creat, THN-Ohm on Factors in Licence Plate Light R&D Simulation
Daniel Karg, Alexander von Hoffmann, Matthias Groß, and Yasen Yakimov from the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm have a new paper about photometric criteria to take into account for the design of registration plates. The work was carried out at automotive engineering-services company Creat, in Ingolstadt. While plate lights usually don’t get marquee billing, they’re an important…
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OLEDWorks Atala Lights for Audi Q8
OLEDWorks’ Atala OLED technology is included in the exterior lighting of the newly upgraded Audi Q8, in the form of digital OLEDs in the taillights. Six panels span the rear of the car, each less than 1 mm thick—one each in the left and right lamps, and four panels in the full-width light band across…
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New Cupra Leon and Formentor
Cupra has styled new faces for the Formentor and Leon to better distinguish their model range from that of sibling brand SEAT, while introducing a new range-topping engine with 329 horsepower. Focusing in on the cars’ lighting: Up front, the welcome ceremony is the introduction of the precise and iconic Cupra signature, based on three…
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2024 Automotive News PACE awards
Automotive News announced their 2024 PACE Award winners at a gala last week in Detroit. This year, 13 awards went to suppliers and technology companies from multiple countries. The PACE program also named four industry technical achievements as Partnership Award winners, recognizing collaborative work between a supplier and its automaker customer. Here are the winners…
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PACEpilot Recognition for 22 Innovations
The Automotive News PACEpilot program, which recognizes innovations that have not reached commercialization, separately named watchworthy innovations at the ceremony, from nine suppliers: Eaton’s heavy-duty four-speed EV transmission for a broad range of applications in a small and lightweight package Exro Technologies’ coil driver, an intelligent traction inverter that allows electric vehicles to go farther…
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Zeekr 007 Wins Red Dot Award
The Red Dot is a famous design competition focused on design quality, and the Zeekr 007 has won a 2024 Red Dot Award for its design. Designed by the Zeekr Design Team at Geely’s Global Design Center in Gothenburg, Sweden, under the leadership of Stefan Sielaff, the 007 embodies Zeekr’s philosophy which includes visual elegance…
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Hesai Lidar in Marelli Headlamp
Marelli and Hesai have announced a collaboration to put Hesai’s new ATX lidar technology into Marelli headlamps. The goal is optimal object detection and enhanced overall vehicle safety, without impacting vehicle aesthetics or aerodynamics, all at affordable cost. The ATX lidar is a compact, highly customizable long-range sensor specifically designed for automotive applications. Compared to…
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