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I met Mino Yamamoto in an X-auto conference some months ago in Paris. She is X-auto President, in addition to her role at Valeo, and we talked about automotive industry challenges, particularly for our lighting industry. I had been thinking about dedicating a long session to sustainability and circularity at a future DVN event. After my talk with Yamamoto, I was convinced I should do just that. In Munich this month we will have a half day dedicated to sustainability, with 12 lectures, and Mino will give the keynote speech.

Online voting is open for this year’s DVN Awards, to be bestowed during the DVN Lighting event in Munich, the evening of 19th February.

We are used to working on AEB requirements by Euro NCAP. This has never been much of a topic for the lighting community. Tests include car to pedestrian, car to bicycle, and car to motorcyclist, with maximum speed 60 km/h. ⅔ of the points are obtained by day, and the others by night. The night tests include street lights and low beams.

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On Sunday, 2 days before CES officially opened, an official media event called CES Unveiled took place. All awardees could present their stuff on a 5-metre booth with a table and a black curtain behind to separate the aisles. Everything was a bit improvised. All companies had the same booths, billions-revenue international groups beside 10-person startups. A nice setting.

Just after our DVN Shanghai event first week of December 2024, I took time to visit Hasco Vision HQ and main R&D center, just 2km away from our event, to meet Mr. Ao, Vice General Manager of Hasco Vision.

I went to Gothenburg in August, when southern Europe is enjoying holidays, but northern Europe is already working again. While there, I spent time with Polestar’s lighting design team to discuss their latest products.

Axel Maschka is the executive vice president at Mobis. He graciously shared his thoughts with me:

DVN: Axel, what is your vision about the automotive market?

Axel Maschka: The vision for the global automotive market focuses on sustainability and innovation. In line with this, global players will introduce various technologies and strategies for the future of mobility. Software-defined vehicles, eco-friendly cars, and fully autonomous driving technologies are key elements of the future mobility market.