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The Polestar 3 will come with ADB HD headlamps from ZKW, who say they’ve developed an intelligent lighting system for the first SUV from the Volvo-affiliated EV brand. The Polestar 3 was unveiled last October, and deliveries will begin in some countries—such as China—later this year.The 1.3-megapixel modules in the front lights automatically adjust the…
AEye’s new 4Sight+, the latest addition to their 4Sight Intelligent Sensing product range, delivers impressive new levels of path-planning, obstacle avoidance, and prediction capabilities. The sensor’s range has been increased by 20 per cent and spatial resolution by an astonishing 400 per cent, extending high speed small obstacle detection capabilities, while enabling the same hardware…
Chinese brands like BYD, Xpeng, and Nio are launching models across Europe this year. That’s a toehold in the European market, and a new report from global technology intelligence firm ABI Research forecasts that in 2030, 1.2 million Chinese-made EVs will be imported into the European Union, making up 12 per cent of EU BEV…
This unprecedented DVN Triple Workshop—lighting, lidar, and interior—will start out in just one week with two keynotes. The first from Naomi Miller and Lia Irvin, scientists from the U.S. Pacific Northwest Research Laboratory, who will talk about temporal light modulation. That’s a phenomenon increasingly ubiquitous in the world around us, and especially in and on automobiles,…
A vehicle lighting facility in Italy has been acquired by the Flex-N-Gate Group.The production site in Treviso, in northeast Italy, was established by Osram in 1966. It produces automotive lamps, modules, and components for automaker customers on a production area of about 20,000 m2.The Treviso plant is recognised as a leading production site for lighting…
Hella are launching their SlimLine Bi-LED high/low-beam headlamp, the first rectangular unit in their extensive portfolio of self-contained headlamp modules; all of them have been round up to now.The new headlamp offers excellent light output and is sturdily built; a solid housing, robust construction, high vibration resistance, and IP6K9K protection rating make it suitable for…
Marelli, Valeo, Forvia, and Plastic Omnium are finalists in the Automotive News 2023 PACEpilot program.Marelli for their Laser Wire rear lampValeo for their Thin BiLite moduleForvia for their dynamic lighting surface activation with Light Tile technologyPlastic Omnium for their digital projection pilot for fully dynamic display of content in and around the vehicle.The Automotive News PACEpilot awards recognise…
BYD’s ‘personalised brand’ Fangchengbao will be launched with the unveiling this week at the Chengdu motor show of the first model, called the Leopard 5. It is based on BYD’s new DMO hybrid platform and positioned as a mid-size hardcore SUV.The Leopard 5 adopts the design concept of Fangchengbao’s ‘leopard force aesthetics’: a rectilinear theme…
Chinese automakers BYD, MG, Xpeng, and Leapmotor are aiming to boost their profiles in Europe, so China’s electric mobility trade show, the World New Energy Vehicle Congress, will be held on 6 September as part of the IAA show in Munich. Compared with the 2021 IAA, this year there will be almost double the number…
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