Walter De Silva: Main priority is to rebuild a design language for VW Group.
Main brands of VW Group, Audi, Seat, Skoda, and VW, are developing 100 projects (including redesign and restyling projects) at the same time.
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Mercedes: Substantial Enlargement of Design Studio in California
Some 60 designers work at Irvice (California), Sindelfingen (Germany) and Yokohama Japan) on concepts that will keep Mercedes-Benz at the cutting edge of automotive developments for the next 50 years or more.
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Audi R8-LED headlamp is finally available
Some of the real innovations are announced so early, that by the time you can actually buy them they seem like ‘old hat’. This is what has happened, it seems, to the full LED headlamp for the Audi R8.
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Donald Stebbins New Visteon CEO
Visteon, the European-based supplier of automotive lighting and techological solutions, will promote Donald Stebbins to CEO on June 1, 2008.
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Joint Venture Mitsubishi-PSA
Japan's Mitsubishi and France's PSA/Peugeot-Citroen said that they would set up a joint venture in Russia to produce cars for the three brands starting in 2011.
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Most R&D Costs Spent by Suppliers
€68bn was spent on R&D costs in 2005, of which 31% were spent by the OEMs, 8% by engineering services and 61% by suppliers.
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June 1: Deadline for SAE ’09 Paper Abstracts
The 2009 SAE World Congress will be held in Detroit from April 20 to April 23, 2009. Authors are invited to submit abstracts of 200-300 words -- including the title and author's contact information
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Innovative Aftermarket Driver Assistance System
Mobileye have released a system for retrofitment to existing vehicles, which alerts the driver about imminent dangerous driving situations.
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Fisheye Camera to Optimize Traffic Flow
Aldis plan to start testing their intersection traffic camera, the Guardian Eye, next month at a location that has yet to be revealed.
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Nissan receives PACE Award for “Around View Monitor” – Novel Park Assist
The magazine Automotive News handed over the PACE-Award, Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contribution to Excellence for a novel park assist system.
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