CES represents the automobile industry, and this show is important, even if there are fewer automakers and suppliers exhibiting. CES was a bit of a new place to be, for car manufacturers. If you didn’t want to be seen as an old-fashioned manufacturer, you had to show your face at CES. It is still the…
Each January, the world’s industries gather in Las Vegas for the biggest tech event on the planet, CES, to unveil their innovations that will shape our future.For all industries, including automotive, software trends continue to dominate the industry’s collective brainpower, but as automakers and suppliers take a moment to breathe and rethink the value of…
The automotive industry is already offering some ‘AI-powered’ experiences, but customers are still waiting—whether they know it or not; whether they want it or not—for the automotive industry’s iPhone moment, when technology transforms the user experience and eliminates pain points, which might include rule-based interaction (particular vocabulary, syntax, and actions required of the user); limited…
Special to DVN Interior by Andy Travers, CEO of Ceres HolographicsThere has been a continuous and relentless push to ‘techify’ most of the new vehicles we can purchase and drive. While already populated with more electronics and software than ever for control and monitoring functions, automakers are also increasingly designing them to operate and feel…
By Olimpia Migliore, DVN Interior ConsultantWho says electric cars are silent? The issue of noise inside or outside the cabin of an EV seems like a non-problem, as people perceive EVs as extremely silent versus traditional combustion-engine cars. But in reality, it is just a matter of different sound frequencies and types of noise. For purely…
Consumer behavior is changeable, difficult to predict, and subject to rapid change. So to get an accurate handle on what’s blowing in the change-winds generated by megatrends relevant to the automotive world, we’ve asked in an expert: Jimena Martinez, a qualified psychologist and interior designer whose expertise and experience, combined with her knowledge in automotive…
Electronica, held this year from 12-15 November in Munich, celebrated its 60th anniversary as a leading trade fair for the global electronics industry. 3,480 exhibitors presented their innovations across the entire spectrum of electronics to about 80,000 visitors in 18 exhibition halls at the International Congress Center Messe München. Exhibitors travelled from 59 countries and…
Automotive interior shows took place recently in Michigan and Germany; here’s your DVN-Interior topical look at both of them.Auto Interiors Expo Europe (Stuttgart, 12-14 November) This year’s Automotive Interiors Expo Europe provided a grand venue for visitors to source new products and suppliers as they work to propel their user experience offerings. We could see…
Our report on Headliners and overhead systems covers a broad scope of overhead parts and functions, including sunvisors. Here, we zoom in on the visors. Amazon imageSunvisors are said to have been introduced on the 1924 model T Ford. Sunvisors, at least one of them on the driver’s side, soon came to be standard equipment…
Car designers have a passion for decoration because it goes beyond aesthetics to create an emotional connection between the driver and the vehicle. Decorative elements make a car feel personal, luxurious, and unique. They guide perceived quality and craftsmanship, which are pivotal in the competitive automotive environment. The interior is where drivers and passengers spend…
Input your search keywords and press Enter.
