April is Japan Month at DVN, Canada Calling
In light of the upcoming DVN Tokyo Workshop, April is Japan Month at DVN. We’ll be presenting Japanese companies involved in vehicle lighting, and their products. We actually got an…
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Impressive New Lights from Ichikoh
DVN Editor in Chief Hector Fratty, after interviewing Ichikoh CEO Ali Ordoobadi, met with that company’s Olivier Barthomeuf, Kazataka Shirakawa, and Shoichi Minokawa. Two innovations were presented and discussed:
Two innovations were presented.
2016 Toyota Prius: Perfect Light Guide Homogeneity
Toyota unveiled their newest Prius model at the IAA in Frankfurt last September. While the front lighting is done by Koito, the rear lamps are from Ichikoh. Volume is 30,000 cars per month. The innovation concerns the perfectly homogeneous illumination of a very long light guide for the tail lamp (rear position light) function. The rear lamp is made in 2 parts; the upper part has half of the LED rear position light guide, the incandescent turn signal, and the reversing lamp. The lower part has the other half of the LED rear position light guide, and the LED stop and rear fog lamps. These use Ichikoh’s standard LED socket to achieve compact packaging.
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Most Headlamps Are No Good: IIHS
The U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been working on developing and deploying a headlamp evaluation protocol for quite awhile: Most of the headlamps tested earned
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Canada’s Call for Advanced Lights—Will You Answer?
Transport Canada, that country’s traffic and vehicle safety agency, has proposed new revisions to Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108.
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Audi Headlamps Text While Driving
Audi is generally recognised as the brand that touched off the vehicle lighting revolution. But as the technology race continues to heat up, it becomes ever more challenging to hold onto the leadership role.
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LED Headlamps: 20% by ’30?
LED technology will power 20% of light vehicle front headlights by 2030, from just 2% in 2015, according to the latest headlight fitment forecasts
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LED Makers Enter Automotive Sector
LED device maker Lite-On Technology, LED lighting maker Laster Tech as well as LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers Epistar and Genesis Photonics
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Everlight Building Factory for Car LEDs
LED packaging service provider Everlight are constructing a plant in Tongluo, central Taiwan, specifically for making automotive lighting products.
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Genesis Concept at NY Auto Show
Hyundai-Kia’s luxury Genesis brand has unveiled its striking ‘New York Concept’ luxury sports sedan at the 2016 New York International Auto Show.
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Autoliv Eye on the Future
With an eye on a future with self-driving vehicles, Autoliv want to expand in technology aimed at avoiding collisions rather than just trying to limit
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