More than 500 persons gathered in Paris La Villette on 16-17 October for SIA VISION, the biennial symposium organized by SIA (Société des Ingénieurs Automobiles, the French SAE), including 41 exhibitors and more than 120 different companies, to talk about lighting and ADAS.
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Novares is a French company of plastic experts based in Velizy Villacoublay, near Paris. They design complex components and systems for virtually every automaker in the world, and many tier-1s, and manufacture them with innovative, cutting-edge techniques for greener, lighter-weight cars in pursuit of the CASE megatrends—Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric.
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DVN’s Paul-Henri Matha: Ogawa-san, It is a pleasure to meet you in person. I am grateful for this opportunity. Please tell us about yourself and your involvement with Nichia.
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Ever since the first automotive display—a couple of very small CRTs in the 1976 Aston Martin—the amount of real estate dedicated to displays has grown dramatically. As reported by Reuters, the average size globally of a vehicle’s center display in 2018 was 7.7”, projected to reach 9-10” by 2024. It’s 2024 now, and the average is…10″.
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The EDAG Group, headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, is an independent engineering services provider. Drawing on more than 50 years’ experience, EDAG’s proprietary 360-degree development approach has become a hallmark of quality in the holistic development of vehicles and smart factories.
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Biological engineering, or bioengineering, is a science-based discipline founded upon the biological sciences in the same way that chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering are grounded in chemistry, electricity and magnetism, and classical mechanics, respectively.
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I had the pleasure to visit the West Coast of Sweden—Gothenburg, Northern Europe’s automotive hub. I was visiting Lynk & Co Design as a sort of distant cousin (Volvo Cars employee when I was working in Gothenburg).
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Generative ‘AI’ is presented as a quick and powerful shortcut for easy solutions to complex problems. Today’s and tomorrow’s auto interiors are brimming with complex problems. Consider seats: safety, comfort, ergonomics, design, and ecocircular construction all have to be achieved at the same time, within tight cost and manufacturability constraints.
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DVN was invited by Jürgen Ewald to visit the company ORAFOL Europe GmbH in Oranienburg. Jürgen Ewald is an old friend back from my university time in Darmstadt. He took his time to guide me around the company for a half a day and he presented many surprises.
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Rearview mirrors play a crucial role in road traffic safety. Understanding how they work is both fascinating and illustrative.
For every driver, as it helps to enhance situational awareness and reduces the risk of accidents.
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