Back in the Home Saddle
I’m back from India to Europe for this newsletter! We were invited to test the new Open Grandland, and I consider it a great example for our lighting community. It…
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Paul Henri Matha
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DVN Show & Tell: Grand Lighting on New Opel Grandland
By Paul-Henri Matha, DVN COO and Lighting General Editor Wolfgang Huhn and I were invited to see and try out the new Grandland by Opel’s Global Complex Lighting Lead Philipp Röckl and his team in Russelsheim: Technical Lead Engineers Carsten Neitzke, Thomas Feid, and Dominic Weil. Opel have always put great importance on lighting performance,…
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Register Now for SIA VISION!
VISION 2022 gathered more than 550 participants and showcased the latest innovations with 35 booths and 22 demonstration vehicles, SIA and the VISION organization and scientific committee are excited to welcome you back for the 2024 symposium, on 16-17 October. For the first time this year, there will be a parallel session on ADAS, allowing…
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ISDs All Over at Chengdu Auto Show
Special to DVN by A2mac1’s AutoVision team Here are pictures from the Chengdu auto show. Take a look at all these vehicles equipped for the hot fad in China: an ‘ISD’ (interactive social display). Starting with the Avatr 12: The Deepal S07: The Exeed ET: The IM L6: …and the Zeekr 7X:
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Valeo Innovation Days 2024 (part 1, Lighting)
Last week, Valeo held their Innovation Days event in Troy; near Detroit, Michigan. Their latest hardware and software technologies were on display for customers and media, including: New exterior lighting with personalization and brand differentiation features Optimized advanced propulsion and thermal systems to support combustion, hybrids, and electric powertrains Innovative sensor and software applications with…
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Valeo’s 30th Anniversary in China
Valeo have been in China for three decades, and they celebrated that milestone in the city of Wenling. Valeo launched Chinese operations with a wiper factory in Wenling, Zhejiang, in 1994. At that time, just 250,000 passenger cars were produced per year in China. Now the Chinese automotive market is by far the world’s largest,…
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AV Hardware and Software: Beyond the Sensors
Special to DVN By Martin Booth, President of Montevena Consulting and DVN Senior Lidar Adviser Most DVN readers are familiar with the five SAE levels of vehicular autonomy from basic assist—features like adaptive cruise control—to full, hands-off/eyes-off autonomy. Most automakers are currently shipping L2 to L2+ systems, with features like lane keeping and automatic braking.…
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Car Owners Fed Up With Fatuous Features: J.D. Power
There’s been another new release from J.D. Power—their 2024 U.S. Tech Experience Index (“TXI”). The findings suggest vehicle owners are fed up with tech features that don’t solve an actual problem, don’t work well enough to be worthwhile (or don’t work at all), and are user-hostile. Features such as facial recognition, fingerprint readers, and interior…
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Synopsys Bring World-First Total Virtual Prototyping Platform
Synopsis have launched ImSym—short for Imaging System Simulator, a virtual prototyping platform for imaging systems, encompassing lenses, sensors, and image signal processors (ISPs). By integrating components of the imaging chain into a comprehensive end-to-end simulation platform, ImSym enables tailored optimization of any imaging system, facilitates team collaboration, and reduces the risks of problems in later…
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Mobileye Stop FMCW Lidar R&D, Pivot to 4D Radar
Mobileye will cease the development of a next-generation FMCW (frequency-modulated continuous wave) lidar. The FMCW R&D unit will be closed by the end of 2024. The company say this will not affect any customer product programs or overall product development, though it will lurch about 100 employees; as of 30 December 2023, Mobileye had a…
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