Paul Henri Matha, Author at DVN

Zeekr 007 pure electric sedan with 870 km range rolled off production line, will launch on December 27

On December 23, Geely’s first batch of the Zeekr 007 mass-produced pure electric sedans officially rolled off the production line in China. Its presale started earlier at November’s Guangzhou Auto Show, with the price starting at 229,900 yuan (31,800 USD). Two versions, standard (CLTC 688 km) and ultra-long-range (CLTC 870 km), will be launched on December 27, and delivery…

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Nio ET9 start preorders for 112,800 USD, deliveries set to early 2025

Nio ET9 has nearly 700 hp, 120 kWh battery, three lidars, rear tables, a mini fridge, and Nio’s self-developed chip. The company unveiled the executive flagship on Nio Day 2023, and it is already available for preorder for 800,000 yuan (112,800 USD). Deliveries will start in the first quarter of 2025. ET9 is a large 4-seater…

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Laser Texturing at Reichle Technologiezentrum

At the end of November, Paul-Henri Matha and Gerd Bahnmüller were invited to Reichle Technologiezentrum in Bissingen an der Teck in the southwest of Germany. They’re Europe’s leading service provider for laser texturing. Marco Reichle, who is the second generation to run the company together with his sister Marina, gave us a very interesting insight…

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EU’s Horizon Funding

Jan-Erik Källhammer, Chair of the Photonics21 Mobility working group, informs the lighting community of an opportunity for defining a project call with EU funding under EU’s Horizon Europe framework. The Photonics21 partnership budget has tentatively reserved €15m EU funding for such a project. A suggested topic could be energy savings of ADAS and advanced lighting.…

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ZKW, ÖAMTC Show Future Light Tech—Live!

ZKW and ÖAMTC Fahrtechnik presented their vision of future vehicle lighting at an event on 14 November at the Melk/Wachauring Driving Technology Centre. Both companies demonstrated the latest technologies in automotive lighting technology, including high-resolution glare-free high beam, light projections for greater road safety, and person-, vehicle-, and obstacle detection using modern sensor technology and…

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Chinese Innovation Award for Hella’s Smart Light System

Hella have received a prestigious innovation award in China for their Smart Light system. The award is presented by the trade journal Automobil Industrie in China and the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika) at RWTH Aachen University. Above all, it focuses on the innovative strength of the Hella lighting solution and its influence in the…

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Manganese Complex Leads the Way to Bright White OLEDs

Scientists at Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, have developed a new environmentally friendly and cost-effective bright green light-emitting manganese complex called MnBz for OLEDs. The material was used to fabricate a first-of-its-kind Mn-based white OLED device and a green OLED device with record high efficiency. However, while the fabrication process of such LEDs itself is low-cost…

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