3D depth sensors in vehicles are growing in importance, from enabling innovative HMI solutions to improving passive safety. To address this increasing demand, Infineon, in collaboration with 3D time-of-flight system specialist PMD Technologies, has developed a second generation of the ISO 26262-compliant, high-resolution “Real3” 3D automotive image sensor. Infineon’s 3D sensing VP Christian Herzum says…

Maserati has chosen Rightware’s Kanzi UI toolchain to create the primary human-machine interface (HMI) for their 2023 Grecale SUV. Kanzi software powers the graphics in both the digital instrument cluster and the HUD. Kanzi enabled a highly productive process for creative design and software engineering, accelerating Grecale HMI development while bringing significant cost savings to…

HMI innovation requires an evolution in vehicles’ electronic architecture. To address this shift, Marelli offers streamlined, intelligent, and connected cockpit and in-vehicle electronics solutions like the Integrated Cockpit Domain Control Unit (DCU), which allows multiple functional domains to be merged into a single SoC.​ Marelli’s DCU manages different operating systems and the related display interfaces…

The interior rearview mirror has stayed about the same for a lot of years, and although digital ersatz mirrors—a mirror-shaped screen showing images from a rear-facing camera—have begun to come in, there are sturdy reasons why the regular old, normal old, boring old shiny-glass type might win out over the high-tech solution. Dr. Jay Pratt…

The new Mercedes GLC increases its overall length by six centimeters to 4.72 meters, and its wheelbase by 15 millimeters. It gives 95 cm of rear legroom, a key parameter for rear passenger comfort. This growth is also reflected in a 50-liter increase in load volume. The mild hybrids hold 600 liters, while the PHEV…