Report: SPE Plastics in Electric & Autonomous Vehicles (EAV) Conference 2025
Universally Legal LED Bulbs for Halogen Headlamps — Finally!
DVN Field Trip: Yejia Dongguan
World-First: OSRAM’s ECE-Approved LED H11 Bulbs
Dajac Upgrade IntelliAim, Lamp Inspector, Lamp Controller for H-Aim
Horizontal headlamp aiming in North America, with SAE beams, is one of the most nuanced challenges vehicle lighting engineers face. In the latest update to their IntelliAim platform, Dajac have introduced a feature that tackles the complexity of horizontal aiming, bringing new levels of precision, flexibility, and traceability to the manufacturing process.Unlike vertical aim, wherein…
Lumax To Complete IAC Buy
Changan Nevo C390 Has Full-Width Lamps
DS 4 Becomes № 4, With Well-Lit Front Fascia
The DS 4 is being renamed as the № 4. It has a totally new front end, though the headlamps bring continuity of design themes (compare the DS 4 below). The DRLs, lit grille, and front lit logo on the № 4 hew to the design cues seen on the DS № 8.
Serma Buy Piséo For Optical, Photonic Tech Boost
Serma Group — through their subsidiary Serma Ingénierie — have bought Piséo, a company specializing in the engineering and testing of optical and photonic systems.Serma have been a minority shareholder since Piséo’s creation in 2011, so are well acquainted with the company and its teams. This integration is the result of a longstanding collaboration, and…
New SAE Papers Shed Light on Lighting, Vision
Four recently-published SAE technical papers are worth a look. Paper 2025-01-8663, by Honda’s Kazuyuki Kawamura and Kei Oshida, is entitled “Study on the Improvement of Pedestrian and Vehicle Visibility by Geometric Patterns Projection Lighting”. The authors examine a novel application of the projection of light from vehicle-mounted projectors.The idea is to shine not just generalized…
