Gentex are shipping interior and exterior auto-dimming mirrors and their SmartBeam automatic beam selector for the 2010 Lexus LS. This is the first Lexus vehicle to offer SmartBeam in Europe and Japan
SemiLEDs will spend US$96m on a new plant in Foshan, Guangdong, China. The U.S.-based company anticipate production capacity of 20 million power LED chips per month once the new facility is up and running.
Toyota plan to spend some €300m on a new R&D centre near Shanghai to develop vehicles specifically for the Chinese market, the Nikkei newspaper reported without citing a source.
The first LED/OLED Lighting Technology Expo was held in April of 2009, welcoming 218 exhibitors and 16,395 visitors. As LED and OLED lighting is currently attracting great attention as an important environmental protection technology, more exhibitors and visitors are expected to participate in 2010.
Major suppliers to Tata’s Nano are being identified and targeted by global OEMs seeking to make their own low-cost cars, according to an Indian media report.
Bosch have introduced an enhanced night-vision system that analyses the image from its camera, rather than just presenting it. Pedestrians are identified and highlighted on the screen.
Racing legend Jackie Stewart says people would rather admit to be being bad lovers than bad drivers.
Automotive radar systems have been in production for around ten years, although the technology – like other Driver Assistent Systems (DAS) are still in their infancy.
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PSA Peugeot Citroën’s chairman Philippe Varin says the automaker must axe 6,000 jobs in France—10% of their local workforce—between now and 2012 in order to boost productivity by 20%.
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