DVN Interior Workshop Starts TOMORROW!
Since last year’s launch, DVN-I members have received a Newsletter every two weeks and a Report every quarter. Now comes the inaugural DVN-I Workshop—an all-online event, the first of its…
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Parade of New Interior Features
Covid-19 will influence car interior features at two different levels: directly, through greater importance of health and clealiness in the car (as everywhere else); and indirectly by affecting mobility behaviors: maybe less car sharing, more longer trips because of wanting to avoid the hazards and hassles of planes and trains, acceleration of driver monitoring systems…
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Marelli’s COVID-Killing Cabin Purifier
Marelli North America says their upgraded HVAC setup purifies passenger car cabin air, even destroying the COVID-19 virus. Offered for taxis, ambulances, and other shared-use vehicles, including autonomous-driving models, the system also has retrofit potential. The design originated at Calsonic-Kansei North America, whose parent company merged with Magneti Marelli in 2019 and now goes by…
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Seven Screens Has the Jeep Grand Wagoneer Concept
Pictures of a next-generation Jeep Grand Wagoner concept have recently floated, and they show that interior content is very rich and luxurious. The 4×4 concept has a plug-in hybrid drivetrain, seven display screens, and loads of sustainable materials. A production model will not be revealed until later, and a Spring 2021 launch is planned. The…
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Nio’s Nomi Mate AI with Humanlike Interaction
Chinese EV manufacturer Nio offers all their cars with the optional feature of an in-car personality called Nomi Mate, an AI-driven HMI for Nio’s operating system. The interface is presented to the driver via a dashtop device that represents the vehicle’s personality in the form of a head and face. Nomi Mate 1.5 is an…
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Low-Power Biomimetic Collision Detector
Biomimicry is the design and production of materials, structures, and systems modelled on biological entities and processes. The automotive world had already seen structural development using plankton-like structure to maximize strength/weight ratio of mechanical parts. As sensors are becoming of more and more importance, solutions are popping up in this domain. Interestingly, energy and package…
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Lucid Air
With the introduction of the production version of Lucid’s Air model, we can now take a look at how this compares not only to the premium luxury competitors but also how Lucid evolved the design from concept car to production. Lucid’s own virtual presentation is available online. The design for both the interior and exterior…
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_Trajectories, our mobile signature
(a designer’s look at our mobility-centric culture) 7. Proportions_ As a result of rapidly growing urban dynamics, at the beginning of this millennium, advanced vehicle architecture studies emerged, sharing often newly invented proportions. With the shortest ever wheelbase, contrary to all classic car-body design codes, and without any front or rear overhangs, automobile elegance was…
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Ford Connects Cars, Sensors to Improve Road Safety
A consortium led by Ford is developing an innovative predictive road safety tool which, using data from connected vehicles and intelligent roadside sensors, could help to make travel in towns and cities safer and easier. It will help cities to proactively address roads and junctions that pose the highest risks to road users. Ford Mobility…
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Cooperative Crash-Avoidance System is World’s First
A UK government-backed consortium has achieved what they’re calling a a world first by demonstrating a collision-avoidance system in which two vehicles cooperate by radio link to steer around a stationary car without human assistance. This successful live demo at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire is said to be a significant milestone in developing a driver aid…
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