Editorial – Lighting

It’s growing more and more evident, most recently at ISAL 2015, that adaptive driving beam (glare-free high beam) is the future of roadway lighting by vehicles. But that’s the big…

The 2015 ISAL congress last week put several salient points firmly in mind. There was remarkably broad involvement of the lighting community, with more than 800 attendees, 32 exhibition booths,…

The greatest automotive event of September in Germany is now behind us.IAA’s doors closed just before the greatest congress concerning lighting: ISAL. We are today together, around 830 attendees, after…

IAA has opened, and a lot of new models, production and concept cars, are now on display. After our walk-through of the show, we strongly retain two points: 1. Lighting’s…

Two weeks ago, we published an interview with Valeo Lighting CEO Maurizio Martinelli, who elucidated his company’s strategy and philosophy. In this week’s followup, we scrutinise some of Valeo’s latest…

JD Power released last week an interesting report we cover this week, called the “Driver Interactive Vehicle Experience” (DrIVE) which emphasises a point all of us in the DVN community…

In an effort to facilitate community-building, DVN has decided to focus each month on a lighting company. The first week of each month, we’ll present an interview of one company’s…

The arrival of DRL made a real, effective gain in daytime conspicuity of cars and trucks, but it also took away the exclusivity motorcycles previously had on using daytime lights.…

Today’s vehicle lighting systems are almost unbelievably more complex than ever before. The evolution of light sources and the new electronic devices for their control, the development of intricate dynamic…