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DS Studio is in the Stellantis Creative Centre building.The ADN (Automotive Design Network) was inaugurated in 2004, and renamed Creative Centre in 2024. Located in Vélizy, near Paris, this building houses Stellantis’ design studios for the automaker’s French brands: Citroën, Peugeot, and DS Automobiles. The architect of the ADN building was Jacques Ripault (“I imagined…
By Paul-Henri MathaI took time to discuss with Frank Huber in January to exchange about challenges for automotive and automotive lighting market for the coming years. Frank Huber has been President of Marelli’s Automotive Lighting and Sensing business since March 2024. He joined from Forvia, where he headed their automotive seating business for two years.…
By Tabea Schlürscheid and Jean-Paul RavierTabea Schlurscheid and Tran Quoc Khanh from Darmstadt University, and Alexander Buck and Stefan Weber from BMW, have jointly published an article in Applied Science. In it, they examine the temperatures in headlamps in electric and combustion-engine vehicles. The 14-page paper, entitled Temperature Behavior in Headlights: A Comparative Analysis Between…
Renault and their Flexis co-enterprise (including Volvo and CMA CGM) have just presented three new electric LCVs (light commercial vehicles): the Estafette, Trafic, and Goelette.The Estafette was revealed last year during Paris auto show as a concept.To go to mass production, Renault replaced some of the concept van’s fancy features—displays, for example—by more realistic and…
ams OSRAM have just published their 2024 Q4 and whole-year revenue figures.Q4-24 revenues stayed essentially flat at €882m quarter-over-quarter, above the midpoint of the anticipated range of €810m to €910m. Strong seasonal auto lamps aftermarket sales and steady para-automotive business countervailed continued weakness in industrial and medical applications and the start of the seasonal decline…
A new headquarters for Lynway Auto Parts (Guangzhou) is now under construction—a major move by APT Electronics since their listing on the Hong Kong stock market.The Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area is a megalopolis comprising nine cities and two special administrative regions in South China. It is the largest and most populated urban area in…
The new Opel Grandland carries the brand’s new Vizor frontal design, featuring lighting technology from Marelli. There’s an illuminated 3D logo and light ‘vizor’, fancifying the presentation of the digital microLED headlamps, with over 50 kilopixels. Opel call them Intelli-Lux HD lamps, and they’re built with Marelli’s compact, energy-efficient h-Digi® microLED modules. These, in turn,…
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