Smart Interior

In a car or any other mode of transport, many people suffer from motion sickness due to mismatch between visual perception and the forces acting on the vestibular system of the inner ear.

Now Citroën has figured out how to resolve this conflict with glasses

With every upstep in vehicles’ autonomous ability must come an increase in drivers’ willingness to trust the technology; studies have robustly shown this to be a key bottleneck in the adoption of self-driving technology. That, as well as desire and necessity for

A theater scene, a movie set, or a monument is transformed by thoughtfully-designed lighting. The Sistine Chapel’s artwork, for example, is set off by vertical, well-placed, beautiful lighting. At the WardsAuto Interiors Conference, Osram Senior Application

Seat configurations have been more or less static for many years—some can be removed or folded flat, but that’s about it. That’s not good enough to support all the new use cases brought on by the advent of autonomous, connected, and shared vehicles.

Following on the successful launch of the ES8 electric SUV, Nio has launched their second product on the Chinese market: a smaller, less expensive electric SUV called the ES6. It’s a 5-seater roughly comparable in packaging to the BMW X3 or Audi Q5,

Recent events covered by DVN-I confirm continuing efforts to reduce material usage and weight in cars, even though such efforts could arguably call futile compared to the very heavy batteries uniformly found in EVs.

At the Automotive Interiors Expo,

At the Stuttgart Automotive Interiors Expo, Toyota Boshoku showed off a door trim for the Lexus LS, which highlights its Japanese craftsmanship with ornamental cut glass and hand-folded satin detailing. TB R&D General Manager Shinji Tominaga

Recent auto and supplier-industry shows have revealed—mainly on concept cars—the emergence of a willingness and desire to find an alternative to leather in premium vehicles. In the last DVN-I newsletter, for example, we reported on apple- and