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Contribution to Sustainability: from Fishing Nets to Olive Leaf

What do the BMW iX; recycled fishing nets; a new elastomer from Mitsui; and Recticel’s new foam have in common? They each make their own contribution to sustainability. The push for sustainable interior materials is not new, and consumer demand is fuelling it, particularly among younger people who really care how their vehicles are made,…

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“Optimized” DMS-OMS from Emotion3D and Aimotive

Hungary-based Aimotive is a modular automated driving technology supplier. Austria-based Emotion3D is an in-cabin analysis software vendor we’ve previously profiled. The two companies say they’ve finished porting and optimization of Emotion3D’s DMS-OMS solutions using the Aimotive’s Aiware NPU (Neural Network Processing Unit) to accelerate their proprietary CNNs (Convolutional Neural Network). The complete solution is now…

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Mercedes’ “Energizing” Seat with CMG Software

Indiana-based Comfort Motion Global (CMG) has, over the last 15 years, developed and refined what they’re calling a “proactive” motion seating software technology that improves blood flow and reduces occupant fatigue through automated micro-adjustments (1° or less) of the driver and passenger seats. Studies conducted with passenger vehicles at Ball State University showed an increase…

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Chevrolet Blazer EV Interior

The Blazer EV will be an all-new model within the Blazer family, with its own distinct body and interior, not a combustion-engine Blazer fitted with an EV propulsion system. The midsize crossover interior is a major upgrade. There’s a large 17.7” infotainment screen centered on the dashboard. There’s also an 11” display for the digital…

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Plastic Omnium’s Digital Lighting Projections

At the beginning of this month, AMS Osram sold their automotive lighting systems business unit to the French company Plastic Omnium, while also remaining a supplier of automotive LED products and optical components to Plastic Omnium. Dirk Linzmeier is Chief Technology Officer of Plastic Omnium Lighting, and Michael Rosenauer is Head of Development. In an…

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BMWs Have Heated Seats—For Those Who Keep Paying

BMW recently started requiring subscriptions for individual additional functions. The strategic intent is to generate a steady income stream long after a vehicle has been manufactured and sold, by continually wringing money out of the vehicle’s owner—surely we can’t go too far down this road and still call that person an “owner”. For example, the…

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Mercedes’ Infotainment with Tourguide

Mercedes‑Benz has announced a new Mercedes Me service: the Tourguide acoustic travel guide. Right on time for the summer holiday season, the Tourguide service is launched as part of the MBUX Voice Assistant (MBUX = Mercedes-Benz User eXperience). When prompted, the acoustic travel guide reads out interesting and entertaining information about attractions along the route…

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Škoda Vision 7S Concept: 6-Seater With Central Child Seat

The Vision 7S concept will be unveiled in full soon, to herald Škoda’s new visual identity. Partial glimpses revealed so far show its six-seat interior, plus a child seat integrated into the center console. Škoda says the interior of the new Vision 7S concept has a symmetrical wraparound design with a full-width horizontal dashboard to…

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‘Instagramability’ of an Interior Space

In early 2000, a group of designers was taking a flight from Detroit to Hollywood, signing a contract with their counterparts in the entertainment industry, aiming at creating together a design brief based on a script. The uniqueness of the specific project was not referring to the design itself but to a more abstract notion:…

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