Editorial

We have just released our detailed Beijing Autoshow report about the new vehicles presented last week. This event was the biggest event of 2024 for our automotive industry, with all…

Lighting is indubitably a key styling element. Most automakers at the Beijing auto show presented new vehicles with lit logos, grilles, and bumpers. Opel, Mercedes, Audi (in China particularly), Nissan,…

Next week, the biggest automotive event in China starts: the Beijing auto show. In your DVNewsletter this week, we present some of the new products to be showcased there—like the…

I spent the whole of last week in the States to meet with DVN members, and immerse myself in the trends in the North American vehicle lighting market. We estimate…

In this week’s DVNewsletter, we are talking a lot about lighting innovation. Innovation led by design, innovation led by research institutes, and innovation pushed by governments and automakers realized by…

Vehicle electrical architecture is evolving fast. CAN networks were first implemented on the 1986 BMW 850, if I recall correctly—almost 40 years ago. This was needed at that time with…

Take a look at the DVN website, and you’ll find a newly-published preliminary docket for the next DVN event; the US Workshop ’24 on 11-12 June. We are back to…

Hector Fratty and I were invited by Valeo’s Pierre Emmanuel Strohl (Research & Innovation and Strategy) and Marion Deveycx (Marketing and Communication Director) to talk about vehicle lighting with Klaus…

Wolfgang Huhn and I were invited to the Porsche R&D centre at Weissach, Germany, by Porsche’s Body Lighting and Vision Development Director Robert Hähle. Accompanying Hähle were Dominik Walter (Functions),…