Editorial

By Paul-Henri Matha, DVN CEO & Lighting General Editor We are finalizing our 2024 Shanghai event that will open next week. For the first time we are going to Jiading…

New and updated Chinese GB Regulations are now published and ready for implementation. Now, vehicle lighting standards in China are grouped as in the UN Regulations: • Road illumination Devices are…

Automakers all face the same challenges of how to reduce carbon footprint, do nice design, and shorten product development time—all at the same time! Plastic is part of the problem,…

The 12th International Forum of Automotive Lighting China (IFAL 2024) was held on 17-18 October 2024 in Shanghai Lingang, a new area about 80km south of Shanghai city center on…

During the GRE meeting last week, some major improvements were made to UNECE Regulations for lighting. The failure detection criteria for microLEDs were made more sensible; no longer must a…

It is not every week that France is the centre of automotive and lighting community. It was great to have so many events in my hometown; no need for me…

DVN was invited to the grand opening of EDAG’s new light tunnel at their Warmenau site near Wolfsburg. That’s the development centre where EDAG in 2016 gathered all 1,150 employees,…

34 years ago, window-clear headlamp lenses opened new possibilities for designers—and new challenges. Now they could (and now they had to) design the inside of the lamps, too, not just…