Appotronics have a 70- to 80-per-cent market share in laser cinema projectors. CEO Li Yi, in an interview with Financial Times, explained how the company are offering a cinema experience to back seat passengers with big-screen displays. He explained that they expect between 10 and 30 per cent of Appotronics’ expected $420m revenue in 2024…
Flex-N-Gate make the charge display module for the Renault R5, with a luminous display integrated in the hood. This innovative module provides an intuitive display of the vehicle’s charge level by means of indicator bars. These light up progressively to reveal the emblematic number 5, the model symbol, once the charge is complete. It also…
By Michael Hamm, DVN senior adviser EPIC (European Photonics Industry Consortium) is a member-driven industry association to promote sustainable development of photonics organizations in Europe. EPIC represents over 800 companies and organizes 70 events per year, plus online technical workshops and B2B roundtables, and issue 80 market reports per year. On 26 February, one of…
Volkswagen and Chinese EV partner XPeng say the first car they plan to develop together will be an SUV with parts from both companies. Under a ‘master agreement’ for platform and software collaboration, the automakers say they will start a joint sourcing program for platform and vehicle parts used by both partners, leveraging scale to reduce cost.…
Fisker recently announced they might not be able to continue as a going concern and will cut 15 per cent of their workforce, and that they are in talks with a large automaker for a potential investment and joint development partnership. They did not name that automaker, but according to Reuters, Nissan are in advanced…
Li Auto’s new Mega is a large vehicle with futuristic styling. It has a sleek roofline, hidden door handles, a lidar on the roof, and sliding rear doors. Its drag coefficient is just 0.215—better than the Porsche Taycan at 0.220, and making the Mega the most aerodynamic of production multi-purpose vehicles. Deliveries will start on…
The Volkswagen Golf’s 50th anniversary was celebrated at the Retromobile show in Paris, a remarkable sales figure of over 37 million units solidifying its status as one of the world’s most successful cars. The first Golf came in 1974 as VW’s badly-needed, boldly-ventured replacement for the iconic but outdated Beetle, and the Golf—which initially caused…
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