DVN started in 2008 with the target to create a journal of record for the automotive lighting and driver assistance industries, to gather the industry players and facilitate communication in order to boost the automotive lighting technologies. We started sending very simple newsletters and some reports, and the first Gold members arrived during that year. We’re especially grateful to these early adopters.
Since the creation of DVN:
• We’ve sent more than 300 newsletters—one every single week, without fail;
• 77 reports have been published and added to our large and growing library. They represent a lot of information. All new Gold and Platinium members are encouraged to browse the library to update and brush-up knowledge in the field;
• Seven DVN Workshops have been held; soon to be eight. With the 20 attendees at our first Workshop in 2009, we could not have dared to hope for the tenfold increase to more than 200 attendees at the recent Workshops in America, Japan, and China.
• We’re actively building a strong lighting community. Here are the current numbers:
21 Car Makers
We can see below that even if the majority of OEMs are from Europe, we have now Major Gold members from North America and China. And there are still a few of them in the pipeline.
| Europe | North America | Asia |
| Audi, Germany Bentley, UK BMW, Germany Daimler, Germany Ford, Germany Hyundai, Europe Opel, Germany Porsche, Germany PSA, France Renault, France Seat, Spain Skoda, Czech Republic Volkswagen, Germany |
Chrysler, US General Motors, US Harley-Davidson, US Honda, US |
Great Wall, China Nissan, Japan Shanghai Volkswagen, China Toyota, Japan |