14 February is the last day to submit your paper to be considered for inclusion at the SIA VISION Congress—Vehicle and Infrastructure Safety Improvement In all Conditions—to be held on 16-17 October in Paris, France. VISION is famous for its nighttime ride-and-drive demonstrations. For the first time this year, the congress will have a dual…
Alexander Stuckert successfully defended his dissertation, “Near-field Projection as an Adaptive Driver Assistance System—A Technical and Human-Oriented Consideration for Future Traffic Scenarios”. The research highlights how direct visualization can serve as a means of communication between vehicles and other road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists. This innovative use of projection technologies can make a…
New front and rear styling on Porsche’s latest Taycan include new lights. The new, flatter headlamps feature high-resolution LED HD-Matrix technology with detailed optics and the brand’s characteristic four-point graphics at night, too, not just during daylight via the running lights. The Porsche logo in the rear light strip features a three-dimensional, glass-look design. An…
The Puma is Ford’s best-selling passenger car in Europe. Its latest update changes little on the design-and-style side, but the headlamps, with the puma’s-claw running light signature, now have matrix LED technology. Open a door and you’ll see the Puma logo projected on the ground.
India’s Lumax Auto Technologies, a diversified automotive systems and components tier-1 supplier, have launched a range of LED projector fog lamps under the Lumax Techmax brand.Sanjay Bhagat, Senior EVP of the Lumax Aftermarket Division, says, “Our commitment to road safety is unwavering, and these fog lamps are a crucial addition, particularly during the winter season.…
On 6 February, Volvo EM90s began emerging from the Geely Hangzhou Bay plant, where the Zeekr 001 and 009, the Jiye 01, and the Polestar 4 are also made. This plant’s peak capacity is 300,000 per year, and last year 90 per cent of the cars coming from the plant were Zeekr 01s. The EM90…
Renault are readying their new Symbioz for release this spring. It’s a C-segment crossover meant to slot between the Captur and Arkana in Renault’s line of SUVs. The Symbioz will be sold only as a hybrid, with the same 143-horsepower, 1.6-litre gasoline/electric powertrain as in the Clio, Captur, and Arkana. With a confirmed length of…
The Shanghai Volkswagen version of the ID.7 is longer and wider than the European version. While Chinese buyers have long favoured stretched-wheelbase versions of cars, this is not one of those; the wheelbase on both versions is the same: 2,966 mm. But official figures released by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have the Chinese…
L&T Technology Services, a global digital engineering and R&D services company, support Marelli’s information cluster design Digital Twin technique. Built on Amazon Web Services, with the support of LTTS, Marelli’s Digital Twin provides a virtual replica of the entire car’s electric and electronic architecture—from information clusters to infotainment, and from zone control units to bodyworks. The Digital…
Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Blankenbach, head of the Display Lab at Pforzheim University, recently shared his thoughts about the display industry. While OLED panels are proliferating in an increasing number of applications, new technologies are zooming along as well. Professor Blankenbach expects a hard-fought race for dominance in display technology. He notes the rapid market uptake…
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