A driver monitoring system (DMS) is an advanced safety feature that uses a sensor—usually a camera—to track driver drowsiness or distraction, and to issue alerts and warnings to get the driver’s attention back to the task of driving.Monitoring drivers and passengers is coming in as a legal or market requirement. The European Union has mandated…
Toyoda Gosei is a Toyota Group tier-1 supplier, experts in products combining electronic components with their core rubber and plastic technology. They’ve developed an LED driver alert lighting system that adds an alert function to decorative lighting. This system is used on the new Toyota Prius. The system visually alerts drivers using strong light at…
TactoTek announces IMSE LightChannels, a platform for functional; stylistic, and HMI lighting. It uses injected light sources to create programmable interfaces with light features to indicate; inform, and interact with vehicle users. These structures can be thin and simple. The platform offers superior light uniformity; intensity, and color mixing—and lowers cost by reducing the bill…
GM recently filed a patent application for a deployable and rollable vehicle display screen. It’s been assigned application number US2023/0031862A1. The patent describes a rollable and deployable vehicle infotainment screen, allowing for a customizable display that can provide adjustable screen positions as needed. The patent images appear to show a vehicle dash where the deployable…
Continental and Trinamix—a startup spun off from BASF in 2015—have unveiled their Driver Identification Display, a new product to protect against vehicle theft. It features an integrated camera for biometric driver identification. The Driver Identification Display is claimed to be the world’s first automotive display for a vehicle interior that enables contactless and highly secure…
In the G9 and P7, wo new models from Chinese automaker Xpeng, a wraparound cockpit design with high-quality finishes and materials creates a warm and comfortable environment for occupants,. The front seats are ergonomically designed; heated, and ventilated. To enhance the audio experience, an 860- or 2,150-watt Dynaudio sound system can be specified. There’s an…
Faraday Future wants to launch their first electric car. The 91 Futurist is intended to stand out, the makers say, from all other vehicles. That seems plausible, with this car’s 1,050 hp and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in less than three seconds…and reclining massage chairs. Faraday Future presented themselves grandly as a Tesla…
Automatic transmission became the tipping point allowing drivers to text and drive at the same time—it was much harder to text while shifting. Because coffee mugs are far less compelling than smartphones, humans used the newly found freedom to do something else besides, or in addition, to the main task of driving. Undeniably, it is…
Chinese automaker Geely is expanding quickly, selling over 650,000 electric personal and commercial vehicles in 2022—29 per cent of their total sales. Perhaps more importantly, several of their brands are becoming major contenders in the new EV era. Geely owns Volvo and Polestar, which reached a full-year volume of 51,500. And Volvo’s share of fully electric vehicles almost…
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