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Stellantis’ latest addition to their Smart Car platform used for the Citroën C3, is the Fiat Grande Panda. Its ambitious goal is to bring Fiat back to dominate the B segment on a global scale, in which over 23 million units have been sold to date.Designed in Turin at the Centro Stile, its angular line…
Looking into the future can be curious and confusing: Is it still a car or already a moon rover? Or even a nimble robot? In any case, Korean car manufacturer Hyundai is fundamentally rethinking the concept of ‘car’ with vehicles that come along on four legs and actually can do what SUVs only promise: go…
Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority is allowing ZF Mobility Solutions to test a Level 4 system for autonomous driving on public roads throughout Germany. Previously, the individual approvals granted applied to clearly defined stretches of road or urban areas.According to ZF, the focus of the approval is on public—and therefore urban and regional—local public transport.…
Inova Semiconductors is a private fabless semiconductor company with a new Headquarters in Munich, Germany. The company was founded in 1999; they provide semiconductor connectivity solutions to the automotive market with 25 years’ experience in large volume deliveries of high-end devices. Inova has been a member of DVN Interior since the beginning, and will be…
Kyocera has stepped up with €5m worth of investment for Finland-based IMSE (In-Mold Structural Electronics) expert. TactoTek IMSE technology integrates electronic functions into 3D injection-molded plastics, opening new possibilities in the design and manufacture of electronic devices.Kyocera is developing their Haptivity haptic feedback solution by integrating piezoceramic actuators into IMSE parts. TactoTek, for their part,…
With one of our recent newsletters, we introduced the latest changes to the ESPR regulation, which originally called for a 25-per-cent recycled plastic content for newly developed vehicles.The proposal has been adjusted to drop that figure to 20 per cent and expand the resources from which recycled plastic can be obtained to count toward the…
Inca Renewtech is a Canadian company manufacturing, among other products, bio-composite materials based on hemp fibers for auto interiors components, allowing cars to be lighter, safer and more energy efficient.The company’s corporate identity honors the Indigenous origins of the brand. The Incan Civilization—’Children of the Sun’—created world class art and architecture, sophisticated roads, infrastructure, and…
JEC Group is a nonprofit organization entirely dedicated to promoting composite materials and fostering their applications globally. Publisher of the JEC Composites Magazine, the industry reference magazine, JEC organizes several events around the world, including JEC World, the leading international exhibition dedicated to composites and their applications, which takes place annually in Paris. Last Edition…
LG Display has begun serial production of the industry’s first 40″ pillar-to-pillar (P2P) automotive display. The breakthrough marks a significant step in its efforts to drive the evolution of the software-defined vehicle (SDV) era. LG Display is renowned for their expertise in thin-film transistor liquid crystal and OLED display technologies.A P2P display is an ultra-large…
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