There has been a continuous and relentless push to ‘techify’ most of the new vehicles we can purchase and drive. While already populated with more electronics and software than ever for control and monitoring functions, automakers are also increasingly designing them to operate and feel more like the other consumer devices in our lives that we have gotten used to.
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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.
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Naomi Miller, a Senior Scientist at the U.S. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Portland, Oregon, specializes in aspects of illumination including glare and TLM—temporal light modulation, commonly called « flicker ».
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Consumer behavior is changeable, difficult to predict, and subject to rapid change. So to get an accurate handle on what’s blowing in the change-winds generated by megatrends relevant to the automotive world, we’ve asked in an expert:
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It was a pleasure to be invited by Dr. Khasha Ghaffarzadeh to give a lecture at Techblick, explaining our DVN vision on smart surfaces for automotive interiors. Techblick gathered more than 650 experts on flexible, additive manufacturing of electronics, printed electronics, and related fields from all business areas— »GAFA » (Google, Apple, Facebook Amazon), aerospace, military, healthcare, research institute, university and automotive sectors—to share their research.
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Electronica, held this year from 12-15 November in Munich, celebrated its 60th anniversary as a leading trade fair for the global electronics industry. 3,480 exhibitors presented their innovations across the entire spectrum of electronics to about 80,000 visitors in 18 exhibition halls at the International Congress Center Messe München.
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Interior lighting was a bit less in my focus area during the last six years at Volvo Cars; I was focusing on exterior lighting. Previously during my time on the Renault lighting team, I did handle interior lighting. So, is interior lighting part of exterior lighting or part of the interior department at an automaker?
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Automotive interior shows took place recently in Michigan and Germany; here’s your DVN-Interior topical look at both of them.
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At electronica 2024 in Munich, the international electronics industry demonstrated that digital technologies are the key to achieving a carbon-neutral future. From 12 to 15 November, 3,480 exhibitors presented their innovations across the entire spectrum of electronics to about 80,000 visitors in 18 exhibition halls at the International Congress Center Messe München.
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Our report on Headliners and overhead systems covers a broad scope of overhead parts and functions, including sunvisors. Here, we zoom in on the visors.
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