Headlamps Get More Powerful & Functional, Less Visible
When I wrote a report on DRL more than 10 years ago, I explained how “Audi have been quick to understand and employ the DRL safety lever with brand-wide DRL…
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Hector Fratty
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Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.
Interview: JLR Lighting Strategist Shammika Wickramasinghe
DVN had the pleasure to talk with Shammika “Shammi” Wickramasinghe, the Technical Specialist for Exterior Lighting responsible for technical strategy at Jaguar-Land Rover. He has been in the automotive industry…
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ESS H.E.L.P. For Better, Smarter Hazard Lights
An American startup—a new DVN member company called Emergency Safety Solutions have come gunning for what is surely the most neglected vehicle light signal, with a promising new idea to make hazard flashers visually distinct from turn signals and more effective at conveying the right message.ESS’ technology is called H.E.L.P, for Hazard Enhanced Lighting Package,…
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Magna’s Affordable OLED-Look Tech
Magna’s new Surface Element Lighting brings new options into affordable reach for vehicle lighting designers and stylists. The technology’s first commercialised application is on the all-electric 2021 Volkswagen ID.4, and its snazzy appearance is demonstrated in an online video. Surface Element Lighting offers a compact package, homogeneous appearance, and customiseable exterior lighting options. John O’Hara,…
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Per Lux Ad Astra
Opel-Vauxhall have released teaser pictures of their forthcoming new Astra’s design details, including the grille with incorporated LED headlamps.The new Astra will be available as a hatchback and an estate (wagon), and is expected to be revealed in full this August. The new car is to be based on the Stellantis EMP2 platform also used…
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Hella’s New Full-LED Rear Lamp for Trucks
Individualisation, safety and future viability characterise Hella’s new modular full-LED rear lamp assemblies for 24 volt trucks and trailers.The patented Hella LED light curtain, which creates the rear position (tail) light, can now be customised. Graphic structures such as dots, stripes, and shapes can be marked out for this purpose. “This makes the tail light…
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Valeo: French Patent Applicant, all sectors combined
According to the list published for the first time by France’s INPI industrial property institute, Valeo have been ranked the world’s leading French patent applicant, with 1,913 patents filed in a year, over half of them filed in France. Valeo also came out in third place in the 2020 ranking of patent applicants in France,…
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AMS-Osram to Sell Digital Systems Biz to Acuity
AMS-Osram will sell their Digital Systems business to longtime customer and partner Acuity Brands. The business unit to be sold, based in North America, has about 1,100 employees in Canada, the States, and Mexico; they primarily manufacture lighting control systems, electronics, and drivers.The acquisition of AMS-Osram’s LED drivers and team expands Acuity Brands’ capabilities and…
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VW May Offer Pay-Per-Use Autonomous Driving
Klaus Zellmer is in charge of sales, marketing, and after-sales for the Volkswagen brand. He says VW are thinking about offering autonomous driving on a pay-per-use basis: “Regarding autonomous driving we can imagine offering it on an hourly basis. We assume a price of around €7 per hour. So if you do not want to…
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LG Work Toward Future Mobility
The mobility landscape has been completely reshaped over the last few years, with landmark achievements being made in electrification, connectivity and autonomous driving. Telematics and vehicle connectivity will proliferate as V2X technology evolves to transmit information at high speed via high-bandwidth, low-latency connections. LG’s in-vehicle infotainment system can seamlessly collect and transmit a wide variety of…
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