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Philippe Aumont

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Philippe Aumont is a highly experienced executive with almost 40 years in the automotive interior supplier industry. Both engineering & business graduate, completed by many general management programs. He acted as Chief Technology Officer at Faurecia Seating, between 2011 and 2017. Previously he worked for Roth Frères, Johnson Controls and Faurecia, with various position in R&D, Marketing, Strategy, new product development, Open Innovation, start-ups, university, and earlier in JIT, Production, Program Management, Costing, Sales… with permanent assignment in France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany, and frequent travels in the US, Japan, China & India. Philippe is board member at SIA (Society of Automotive Engineers in France), and Ecole Centrale de Nantes (Engineering school). Philippe is passionate about automotive product and business model reshuffling (Autonomy, Connectivity, New Energy, Environment, and Car sharing), Innovation culture, organization, Technology scouting, Start-ups, Occupant-centric Design (Comfort, Perceived Quality, HMI, Cognitive…)

CMF in the Dodge Charger Daytona Interior

Red and black surfaces and graphics on screens make for a strong and muscle-emphasizing aesthetic in the Dodge Charger Daytona. The interior of this car is respectful of its late-1960s roots, while providing an acknowledgement of an electric future.The designers and CMF specialists created an interior for the brand’s (and Stellantis North America’s) first-ever BEV.…

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DVN Interview: Zeekr’s Daniel Hoffrock

DVN Interior: Hello Daniel, Can you give us a short background and your professional history?Daniel Hoffrock: Absolutely. I graduated in 2012 from Coventry University. I moved to Austria for a while because I did a sponsored project for my thesis with a company called Qoros, which was a Chinese company, which is now defunct unfortunately.I…

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Toyota, Daimler to Merge Trucks in Japan

Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor Corporation announced their intention to integrate Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors as equal partners in May 2023. The aim is to enhance operational efficiency across development, procurement and manufacturing – including in the ongoing electrification of both product portfolios.The finalized agreement includes the formation of a new holding company to…

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Future Interiors: Architecture and Space Deserve Innovation

The current megatrends — EVs and AVs, software-defined vehicles,  car sharing — are already beginning to redefine how the car interior space is designed, perceived and experienced. That redefinition shows signs of wanting to accelerate rapidly, but so far, vehicle interior architecture remains largely the same as before. It seems to be struggling in catching up…

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DVN Field Trip: Zeekr Tech Center

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is a global mobility technology group headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Over the past three decades, Geely has developed a global portfolio of brands. The Group currently employs over 140,000 people around the world. Brands are Geely Auto, Lynk & Co, Proton, Lotus, Geely Commercial Vehicles, LEVC (London Taxi), Volvo, Zeekr, and…

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Fuerda, Air Distribution and Interior Lighting Technologies

During DVN Team trip in Ningbo, we had a nice visit to Ningbo Fuerda Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. Founded in 1995, Ningbo Fuerda is a manufacturing service provider of auto parts integrating design, research and development and manufacturing. The company’s products mainly include dome lights, interior/atmosphere lighting, lighting control modules, cockpit lights, air conditioning control panels,…

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DVN Interview: Marelli Interior’s Mitsuyoshi Naritomi

Mitsuyoshi Naritomi used to work at Nissan, where he led the complete interior / exterior team He joined Marelli recently as Engineering VP.Paul-Henri Matha for DVN: Naritomi-san, it is a pleasure to talk with your before DVN Tokyo workshop happening this week. Could you introduce yourself, your background, and your new job at Marelli Japan?Mitsuyoshi…

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DVN Interview : VueReal’s Robert Selley

VueReal came to DVN Munich this year to showcase the microLED product they are developing for vehicle lighting applications. VueReal is back at DVN this week in Tokyo, with a lecture and an expo booth. Robert Selley is CCO, Chief Commercial Officer at VuReal, Canada based:Paul-Henri Matha for DVN: Can you introduce yourself, please, and…

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New Dacia Duster

The interior of the Duster is still dominated by hard plastic, which has been described by a tester as “now almost rattle-free”. The tester went on to praise the interior as having been designed with attention to detail: the door panels are embossed; the dashboard trim has a contrasting color and bears large Duster lettering.…

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