Editorial

The 12th International Forum of Automotive Lighting China (IFAL 2024) was held on 17-18 October 2024 in Shanghai Lingang, a new area about 80km south of Shanghai city center on…

During the GRE meeting last week, some major improvements were made to UNECE Regulations for lighting. The failure detection criteria for microLEDs were made more sensible; no longer must a…

It is not every week that France is the centre of automotive and lighting community. It was great to have so many events in my hometown; no need for me…

DVN was invited to the grand opening of EDAG’s new light tunnel at their Warmenau site near Wolfsburg. That’s the development centre where EDAG in 2016 gathered all 1,150 employees,…

34 years ago, window-clear headlamp lenses opened new possibilities for designers—and new challenges. Now they could (and now they had to) design the inside of the lamps, too, not just…

During the WP29 meeting this past March, a new 09 series of amendments to UN Regulation № 48 was approved, and set to enter into force on 22 September. As…

I’m back from India to Europe for this newsletter! We were invited to test the new Open Grandland, and I consider it a great example for our lighting community. It…

The DVN Event at Pune was our return to India after nine years. It was the culmination of eight months’ diligent work to renew my contact I had when I…