Editorial – Lighting

The latest round of headlight tests are in from IIHS, and—again—the results are dismal. Most tested vehicles got a “poor” rating, a few got “acceptable”, and none got ratings any…

Last week NHTSA released some unsettling information: U.S. traffic deaths rose nearly 8% over 2014, with the largest number of people killed on U.S. roads since 2008. Alarmingly, this rise…

We in the vehicle lighting field are well familiar with harmonisation, the long-running, ongoing effort to create windows of overlap among the world’s various technical standards—the goal being to minimise…

Last month I visited A2Mac1, a very interesting independent company with a team of over 250 people worldwide. They analyse in detail entire cars just after their launch, and provide…

Just two weeks ago I did a night drive of the Audi A5 in the Ingolstadt area. I discovered a very nice light which proves that the matrix beam technology…

VISION 2016 will be held this coming October 13th and 14th at the Cité des Sciences in Paris, a place totally dedicated to technologies. The new venue should set a…

For some years now, we have seen students and future engineers avoiding the automotive industry. Four probable reasons stand out to me: The decline of the American Big Three has…

It was a great pleasure to meet some of you during the 2016 DVN Tokyo workshop, with so many Japanese attendees and participants. Thanks to the very good quality of…

After months of work and planning, it’s a little difficult to believe the Tokyo Workshop is now in the past. I warmly thank all 235 attendees and exhibitors; what a…