Geely Automobile’s new global brand Lynk wants to start sales of its first model, an SUV developed with Volvo Cars, in 2018 in Europe and in the U.S.
The 2016 VISION congress is now closed, and this week and next we’ll summarise some of the presentations as a preview of the comprehensive report to be published next month. We start this week with coverage of some lectures from the first day of VISION:
Huhn (Audi) on New Lighting Functions are Coming
Dr Huhn, Audi’s Lighting and Vision General Manager, opened the VISION congress with a keynote describing his vision of vehicle lighting.
In front lighting, we have many development projects maturing, such as µAFS, scanning, LCD, and DMD which we will see soon in the premium cars. In rear lighting we will see the arrival of new functions using matrix OLED.
But time is now to start working on completely new lighting functions with the arrival of EVs, AVs, and the spread of car-sharing. Examples include:
Dr Huhn suggested we start very fast working toward new regulations which have to integrate these new functions, and closed this important keynote by the message about the urgent need to automate a maximum of lighting functions. The new technologies allow it. He closed his speech suggesting the launch of international research and worldwide standards concerning new lighting functions.
At last week’s VISION Congress, Synopsys presented the beta version of their LucidShape CAA V5 software for the design, analysis and verification of automotive
adapted from John D. Bullough, Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
IIHS recently announced the results of vehicle headlight evaluations,
Mentor Graphics have announced a partnership with the master’s degree program in automotive Embedded Lighting Systems (ELS). Three French universities, the Institut
Extract from Automotive News
Raj Rajkumar is co-director of the GM-Mellon Autonomous Driving Collaborative Research Lab.
Valeo and Capgemini have launched Mov’InBlue™, a mobility solution for corporate fleets and vehicle rental companies. Ten months after the announcement of the
New-car sales in Europe grew by 7.3% last month with most major automakers except PSA Group gaining volume. Passenger car registrations in the EU and EFTA
Innovations from 30 automotive suppliers representing seven countries have been named finalists for the 2017 Automotive News PACE Awards.
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