Cars are becoming wider, and parking spaces are getting narrower. This dimensional equation is well known to most city dwellers, at least for the one still using their own car. The first operation when you park is to flip in the side mirrors if they don’t automatically tilt down when you shift to Reverse.
Auto designers dream of getting rid of side mirrors to improve safety and aerodynamics, reduce noise for a quieter cabin, and provide better visibility and sleeker design. This trend fits well with today’s rampant in-car HMI screen-o-mania, as the mirror is functionally replaced by a camera and a display somewhere between the door and the dash.
That’s the focus of in this week’s in-depth piece, to understand the consequences for car interiors.
Speaking of which, HMI is an important session of the upcoming DVN Interior Workshop, together with Seats, Materials, Interior Lighting, Driver Monitoring and Design. It is time to register online and plan your presence, including your product exhibition and lecture. Lineup is already pretty intensive with the confirmed presence of Lucid, Italdesign, BMW, Marelli, Yanfeng, Antolin, Valeo, Dow, AMS Osram, and an Interior Design Roundtable with many automakers and suppliers.
I’m looking forward to meeting you there!
Sincerely yours,
