The main Takeaways
- The automotive industry is facing a lot of challenges and difficulties, especially the EV sector. It’s tough going! I am in contact with lighting engineers at the likes of Human Horizon, Rivian, VinFast, Fisker, and I see the really good job they are all doing. I wish success to all of these companies. Even longer-established legacy automakers, are facing budget reductions and the near future is unpleasantly cloudy.
- However, the vehicle lighting industry has never been so active: 2023 was the year when microLED went into the market and display technology in exterior lighting is arriving at really high speed particularly in China.
- Speed is really the main challenge for setmakers and OEMs. How can they go faster? Software-defined vehicles with digital twinning speeds up development and prototyping, but need to be organized, simplified, and standardized. This is the key message I got from the CEO panel discussion and EE session at the DVN Workshop.
- Display technology will replace classical LED (analog) technology; that’s just a question of time. The Munich exhibition was a clear demonstration of this trend. Questions about displays were very well explained in lectures and during the final discussion with designers: for what, for who, and how. When this will be clarified, then we will be able to talk about the best technology, including pitch value. It is a bit too early yet.