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JDI’s One Display-Two Screens Tech
Japan Display Inc. (JDI) has announced automotive-grade Dual Touch 2 Vision Display (2VD), a technology that allows a single screen to display different content simultaneously to the driver and passenger, while also enabling dual touch functionality. The technology leverages JDI’s low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) and advanced optics to overcome previous challenges that prevented the commercial…
Renault 17 Revived as EV Show Car
Since 2021, Renault has been collaborating with designers to pay tribute to some of their legendary models. A few weeks before the Paris Motor Show, Renault called on French design house Ora-Ïto to modernize the 1970s sports coupe, the R17, as an electric version. This concept car will be exhibited on the Renault stand at…
IM Prototype Car Parks Sideways
IM Motors is an EV joint venture between Chinese automaker SAIC and Chinese technology companies Zhangjiang Hi-Tech and Alibaba Group. They’ve posted a short video of a prototype car, based on the L6, showing an impressive parallel parking maneuver: the car rolls sideways to easily fit into the tightest parking spot. There’s not much explanation…
DVN @ Pune: Lighting Matters in India’s Fast-Moving Market
Refreshed Volvo XC90 Gets New Tech, Front Lights
Volvo have updated the 10-year-old second-generation XC90 with upgraded technology and revised appearance. Out front there’s a new fascia; inside, a larger infotainment system. The car’s new face looks much more like that of the electric EX90. There’s a larger grille with diagonal chrome slats. Smack in the middle of it is an attractive round logo…
Triangularity Reigns in Cupra Terramar Lights
Cupra have unveiled their new Terramar CUV, built on the same Modular Transverse (MQB Evo) platform as other Volkswagen Group models including the VW Tiguan and Golf; the Audi Q2, Cupra Formentor, and Škoda Superb. Its design and lighting and details create visual family ties to Cupra’s Formentor and Tavascan. Up front there’s no transverse…
Forvia Hella Book Big US Automaker Orders
Forvia Hella have received multiple major orders from a leading US car manufacturer, totalling over €2bn. The projects involve advanced electronics and lighting systems, with production to start over the next four years at the supplier’s Mexican manufacturing facilities.The requisitions include secure, hands-free vehicle access systems with ultra-wideband and Bluetooth Channel Sounding technology, and the…
DVN Interior Workshop @ Torino: Docket is Final!
New Car Paint Reflects Heat
A new paint co-developed by Nissan and Radi-Cool, a specialist in radiative cooling products, has a useful property: it reflects heat to keep car interiors cooler, lessening the burden (and therefore power consumption) of air conditioning. The paint incorporates metamaterials: synthetic composites with structures that exhibit properties not usually found in nature. In November 2023,…