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VW Group, aiming to boost their sales in China, have pledged to invest $700m and acquire a 4.99-per-cent stake in Chinese automaker XPeng as part of a deal to jointly develop and produce two midsize EVs for China.The new EVs will be produced at VW’s new development, innovation and procurement centre in Hefei, and sold…
Valeo’s Figures Are Up for H1-23Sales of €11.2bn, up by 19 per cent. Original equipment sales are also up by the same amount, 19 per cent, and ADAS up by 26 per cent, outperforming automotive production by 8 points LFL, on an operating margin of 3.2 per cent. That’s up 200 basis points compared with…
This week, we go live with a DVN Report dedicated to the new vehicles launched so far this year at the Shanghai and New York auto shows and other venues.
Among the other information in the study are these major trends:
Marelli have launched and begun series production of their new h-Digi microLED module. It uses a new multipixel LED, and enables affordable fully adaptive, dynamic headlight operation and image projection.The new high-resolution module is based on a roughly-20-kilopixel microLED matrix. The pixels are individually controlled to create very flexible beam patterns, adapting to various driving…
ams OSRAM have launched their Eviyos 2.0, a new type of intelligent multipixel LED that enables ADB and image projection. The chip’s 25,600 individually-controllable LEDs with a pixel pitch of 40 µm can also project high-resolution images on to the road surface, for instance to display warning symbols to the driver or other road users,…
Hella and Porsche, have, in close cooperation with other partners, launched the world’s first high-resolution, 32-kilopixel headlamp based on matrix LED technology. It’s based around Hella’s SSL HD digital technology, and is now available in the new Porsche Cayenne as an extra-cost option.Hella Lighting Managing Director Yves Andres says, «Together with Porsche and our other…
This coming September, ZKW Elektronik and ZKW Lichtsysteme will merge into one company. The aim of the integration is to bundle the competencies of both locations, to use resources more efficiently and to accelerate decision making. ZKW Group CEO Dr. Wilhelm Steger says, “By merging the two companies, we want to exploit synergies, strengthen cooperation…
Audi’s plan to buy an electric platform in China is taking shape; they and SAIC Motor have agreed to partner on electric vehicle projects.The cooperation, coming as sales of Audi’s EV products in the Chinese market fall sharply behind those of Tesla and Chinese competitors such as Nio, spotlights the pressure on all legacy and Western…
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