A fruitful week in USA
SPE EAV: Plastics in EVs and AVs
SAE Lighting Group @ Nashville
“Use Less” by Forvia Hella
Hella are sharing this week more information about their ‘Use Less’ concept, presented at CES to cut part weight by 60 per cent. To that end, Hella focus on three pillars: Reduction of components and parts by merging decorative and functional components. Like combining the support and cover frame into a single, customizable piece. Usage…
Call For Papers: Indian Market focus @ DVN
The DVN team will focus this year on the Indian market. We will hold a DVN Workshop in Pune on 4-5 September. For that event, themed From Cost to Technology, we are launching a call for papers to gather lecture proposals and build the docket. Feel free to send us your abstract to my email:…
Koito’s Short-Range Lidar Finds Favour
Canatu, Denso Make Breakthrough in Carbon Nanotube Production
Canatu and Denso have started up their new, jointly developed carbon nanotube reactor at the Canatu factory in Finland. The new high-performance reactor was developed to scale up carbon nanotube film manufacturing to meet increasing demand to address the needs of the ADAS market. This way, Canatu and Denso can triple the throughput of Canatu…
Alfa Romeo Milano
Mercedes EQS Update
Mercedes have shown an update of their EQS with two major exterior and ADAS changes. A distinguishing feature of the car has been its deep black grilleboard, which connects seamlessly with the headlamps. Now, the big EV has a new one with chrome accents as standard in the Electric Art Line. The flush-mounted chrome slats…
Chery Working Toward Building Cars in Spain
Chery Auto are looking to begin assembling cars in Europe, and might use a plant in Barcelona, Spain that was shut down by Nissan in 2021. Since Nissan shut down the plant, local electric motorcycle manufacturer Silence have been operating there, as have engineering groups QEV and EV Motors, who have full corporate control of…