The last ten years have brought fantastic advances in lighting technology, portending great possibilities still to come. We have an increasingly clear picture of the next five years with the likes of ADB and matrix and pixel light, but which of the new technologies will gain serious traction in the next five years, and how will they shake out in terms of applications, segments, and regions?
And what about the view further down the road in the 5-to-15-years timeframe for vehicles being conceived today and tomorrow? For market launches in this period, there’s much more uncertainty about the lighting technologies that will be chosen: LED, surely yes. Laser, maybe. LCD, DMD, MEMS, micro AFS, LCOS, OLED, holograms…others not yet imagined…it’ll definitely be a mix, but what mix? Too, there’s also uncertainty about the arrival time of new functions related to vehicle autonomy. And the digitalisation of lighting will also offer many opportunities in defining new applications, new business models, and new partnerships. Future revenue potential by digital business will be a driver for this area, as it seems.
All these open questions and uncertainties make it difficult to choose the wise investments in development, production, and personnel. To get a clear, thoughtful idea of how to respond to these questions and challenges we face, a global DVN study is under way to identify the success factors for the next decade in our field.
This study effort is being led by six veteran lighting experts busily working on tasks including:
• Literature review
• Face-to-face interviews with key people round the world representing industry, universities, institutes, regulators, and other relevant experts from 13 top automakers, ten top tier-1 and -2 lighting suppliers, and eight prime universities and organisations
• Panel and round table discussions in different regions of the world
• Meetings amongst these six big-name experts in the vehicle lighting field with a combined total of well over 200 years’ experience.
As of today, onwards you can order this study from DVN at a price of €8000
Contact S. BERNER [email protected]
Sincerely yours
DVN President