DVN Shanghai Event: A Quick Review

Last week, in parallel with the DVN Shanghai event, we published a status report about worldwide lighting regulations, mainly written by Eric Blusseau. We have gathered in this document all the lighting regulations from the world’s regions, including what is specified and how certification or approval is achieved. Included regulatory regimes include UNECE, EU (Europe),…
Last week in London, the Zeekr design team scooped up the CDN People Award for Best Lighting Design, for their work on the ‘Stargate’ illuminated grilleboard on the Zeekr 007.They were in competition with the Verne design team, Mercedes-Benz exterior detail design & light engineering teams, Audi light design team, and Hyundai lighting design team.Congratulations to the Zeekr…
ADAC, the German automobile club, is advocating the installation of LED bulbs in halogen headlamps. A wide variety of LED bulbs are available from legitimate makers (aside from a mountain of them with little or no engineering in them, from less reputable outfits). Some of the legitimate-brand ones are approved in certain individual European countries…
Marelli, for their h-Digi microLED technology, have been named a Top Innovator by CLEPA—the European Association of Automotive Suppliers. CLEPA’s Innovation Awards recognize and celebrate groundbreaking ideas in green and digital technology across the automotive supply industry. Based on a new multipixel LED matrix light source, Marelli’s h-Digi microLED module enables fully adaptive, dynamic headlight…
Valeo’s new facility in Martos will bring together the site’s lighting R&D teams. The building, which has been certified with an ‘A’ energy class and is designed to foster team creativity, can accommodate up to 400 engineers from disciplines including electronics, mechanics, and optics.Valeo Martos, one of the Group’s largest lighting R&D centres and one of…
Denso Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Canatu to advance the practical application of carbon nanotube technology. The two companies aim to advance autonomous driving technology and the realization of carbon neutrality. As autonomous driving technology continues to evolve, vehicles must accurately detect their surroundings using cameras and other sensors. Frost and…
Last week, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized a major update to the US NCAP protocol, which will now look at more ADAS and at pedestrian protection The US NCAP will now scrutinize vehicles for four more kinds of ADAS: pedestrian automatic emergency braking, lanekeeping assist, blind spot warning, and blind spot intervention.…
06 has been chosen as the designation for the next forthcoming model from Avatr, the premium EV brand jointly backed by Changan, Huawei, and CATL. Along with the name, the automaker also released exterior images of the new model in an online video, and there’s a fair good amount to see—it could reasonably be compared…
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