Around 25-30 per cent of the population regularly experiences motion sickness when travelling in a car, and the issue seems to be even more severe with EVs, for two reasons: EVS are much quieter; audiovisual and physical feedback is almost absent. People used to driving a traditional car (almost all of us) are accustomed to…

Automakers have increasingly moved controls for functions like air conditioning and volume onto touchscreens. A recent Wall Street Journal article adds to the mountain of evidence that drivers hate it. Passengers, too; a 2024 J.D. Power study found car owners say passenger display screens are “not necessary,” and drivers who review them negatively blame usability…

The Audio Foundry platform was born in 2022 from the collaboration of Tymphany and DSP Concepts. Launched after a demonstration at the AES Automotive Audio Conference, the platform provides powerful tools and services to help develop advanced in-vehicle audio experiences. Matt Marchese, from Tymphany, describes it as ‘a space for OEMs and technology providers to…

“Audio will play a decisive role in interior design in the future”, says Christoph Sladeczek, Group Leader for Virtual Acoustics at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT) in Ilmenau/Florian Richter, Sound Developer at Mercedes-Benz in Stuttgart, demonstrated in a current model of the new E-Class, the interplay of sound, structure-borne noise and light.…

The introduction of the third CLA marks the beginning of a new era at Mercedes. Because under its bodywork is a massively upgraded electric drive. There are also far-reaching autonomous driving functions plus a combustion engine. It is the first vehicle to be based on the new MMA platform for Mercedes’ entry-level models and is…