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The Paris DVN Workshop will be held on 31 January-1 February at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile Hotel, with the theme Software Defined Lighting: New Possibilities for Optics, Electronics, Material, and Design. Lectures are expected from: Automakers including Audi · Bentley · BMW · GM · Mercedes-Benz · Nio · Nissan · Porsche · Renault…

Rajesh Soni has 25 years’ professional experience in vehicle lighting with the Neolite Group.  Over the years, he’s held positions in business development; sales and marketing; strategic alliances; customer management, and R&D.  Presently he’s in charge as CEO of the Neolite Group’s vehicle lighting business and leads three operational units; one greenfield project, and the…

This year’s VISION congress featured many interesting lectures showing all aspects of progress in design and safety for lighting, and the important steps being taken for ADAS to make way for safe L3 and L4 vehicles. Examples: Progress on new lighting functions. Digital projections are an important domain covered by several lectures, including demonstrations that…

DVN had the chance to ask questions to Plastic Omnium’s CEO Laurent Favre, who is busily integrating AMLS and Varroc in a new lighting activity. Laurent Favre has 26 years’ experience in the automotive industry, working mostly for leading tier 1 suppliers mainly in Germany.He loves what makes the automotive industry so unique, and especially…

Headlamp height is decreasing year after year. After the more than 120 mm height up to the 1980s, then 100 mm in the ’90s and the 80 mm in the ’00s, we are seeing a second great evolution with height shrinking through 40 down to 15 mm, last year. Following the desires of automaker designers,…

Conference Steering Committee · chair: Hector Fratty, Driving Vision NewsFrédéric Charon, SIAMartin Pierrelee, SIA • For Lighting:Benjamin Donette, RenaultMathieu Collot, StellantisPaul-Henri Matha, Volvo CarsCedric Gesnouin, Plastic OmniumWhilk Goncalves, ValeoJean-Paul Ravier, Driving Vision News • For ADAS:Christian Taffin, RenaultMatthieu Dabek, Stellantis Sébastien Lefranc, ContinentalClément Nouvel, ValeoGabriel Clement, ZF Three keynotes Nicolas Morel, Stellantis deputy chief engineering officerNikolai…