Lighting: A Great Lever for Automotive Design
I followed last week a lecture by Peugeot design chief Matthias Hossann, and I was impressed by the messages he conveyed: the design of Peugeot cars is the main reason…
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Matthias Hossann: Peugeot Design Chief’s Vision
Matthias Hossan, head of Peugeot design since 2020, presented his vision of automotive design for the coming years at a “Grandes Ecoles” (‘major schools’) alumni meeting, at Hotel des Arts et Métiers in Paris. Peugeot Inception concept His challenge is to continue the good trends of recent years, during which the work of designers has…
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Stellantis Find New Ways to Wring Money Via OTA
Stellantis have big plans to make big money from vehicle software in the coming decade, by offering added features car users can pay for on a periodic or ongoing basis. The automaker expects to wring USD $21bn in revenue every year from vehicle software by 2030, and offering features on demand will be a key…
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New Lightstyle for ’24 Hyundai Sonata
Hyundai’s Sonata sedan for ’24, which debuted in Korea at the Seoul Mobility Show a few days ago, is redesigned with prominent emphasis on new lights.There’s an uninterrupted white light band across the front, with today’s version of hidden headlamps—not the problem-prone, pedestrian-punching popups of the ’70s and ’80s, but rather slim LED ice cubes…
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FF91 Assembly Starts
Some 6 years after itw as revealed in prototype form, production of the Faraday Future FF91 has begun, the startup has begun assembling series-production examples of its EV at its factory in Hanford, California. “I want to thank each and every valued stakeholder to FF, including our employees, supportive investors, suppliers and all of our partners…
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BYD Seagull Has Eyelike Headlamp Design
Chinese automaker BYD’s Seagull is the entry-level electric model in the maker’s Ocean Series, aimed mainly at young people. The price will be around €12,000. BYD say the Seagull is designed with ‘marine aesthetics’, with an especially facial front design. The shape of the grille is said to mimic the posture of a seagull spreading…
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Valeo Win Big Lidar Contracts
Valeo’s Scala3 lidar has been chosen by a leading Asian automaker and a leading American robotaxi company, bringing Valeo’s total Scala3 orders past €1bn worth. The previous two generations of Scala lidar realized conditional autonomous driving in traffic jams, and the present Scala3 dramatically increases the operating domain of private vehicles thanks to a wider…
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European vehicle market sees partial recovery in 2023
GlobalData forecasts only a partial recovery to Europe’s vehicle market this year as supply constraints ease, but demand worries rise. Europe’s light vehicle market is heading for a recovery in 2023 to around 16.1 million units (compares with 14.8 million units in 2022) according to the latest forecasts from LMC Automotive (a GlobalData company). However, the recovery…
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Hyundai Motor Group ranks third-largest automaker in world
Hyundai Motor Group is now the world’s third-largest automaker, outpacing General Motors and Stellantis. It’s the first time the combined sales of Hyundai Motor and Kia reached the top 3. Hyundai and Kia sold a total of 6.85m vehicles globally last year, up 2.7% on year, right after Toyota and Volkswagen. Top 5 Hyundai and Kia beat…
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Toyota’s Electric Push
With increasingly drastic regulations looming—in Europe, the end of authorization for sales of new combustion-engine vehicles is planned for 2035, and California and China will surely get onside with similar hard-stop dates—Toyota are urgently pushing toward zero-emissions vehicles, with an ambitious plan for the next decade. They aim to launch 30 Toyota-branded EV models worldwide…
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