Many parents with children up to four years old experience physical discomfort—backache and head bumps, for example—when putting their children in and taking them out of their car seats.Maxi-Cosi, with over 40 years’ experience in child car seat innovation, now offers their 360 Pro family, a new range of innovative car seats designed to make…
Now in its third year, the Car Design News (CDN) People Awards has become a firm fixture of the automotive design calendar. The winners were revealed on stage last week in London, with the selections made by a panel of industry judges across 18 categories. These Awards celebrate excellence in design, shining a light on the creative…
Autonomous driving technology company May Mobility has launched a corporate autonomous vehicle service that will use the Toyota-made e-Palette vehicle.The mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) vehicle platform will be operated at Toyota Motor Kyushu (TMK), in Fukuoka, Japan. The service uses a custom version of the e-Palette BEV to provide an efficient and effective transit option for factory…
Proma Group, from Italy, has signed an investment agreement with Recaro Automotive in Germany to take over business, and have begun the transition period. This investment will allow operations to continue and relaunch across Europe in January 2025. For instance, Proma will help Ineos Automotive restart production after substituting Recaro for its supply of seats…
China’s largest new-energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturer, BYD, is demanding that their suppliers cut prices by 10 per cent in 2025 compared with 2024 prices. This is according to reports in China citing leaked letters sent out in late November by BYD executive vice president He Zhiqi.While it is common practice within the global automotive industry…
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…
JLR, Adient, and Dow have collaborated to produce new seat foam for JLR’s luxury vehicles using closed-loop recycled content. That is a significant technical breakthrough in the depolymerization closed-loop recycling polyurethane using seats foam from used vehicles. This innovative process reintegrates the recycled PU foam back into new seat production, setting a new benchmark for…
This year’s Los Angeles Auto Show pointed up the rise of hybrids and arrival of the mainstream 3-row electric SUV, with a central presence of Hyundi/Kia, and (as in the US-Canada market at large) almost no Chinese presence. No matter the segment, all of the new vehicles have premium interiors.Hyundai introduced the 2026 Ioniq 9,…
By Paul-Henri MathaInterior lighting was a bit less in my focus area during the last six years at Volvo Cars; I was focusing on exterior lighting. Previously during my time on the Renault lighting team, I handled interior lighting. So, is interior lighting part of exterior lighting or part of the interior department at an…
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