2023-08-10

Marelli launches h-Digi® microLED, the next level of digital front-lighting aimed at a wider range of vehicles

This compact, efficient, and affordable, high-resolution projection module is based on ams OSRAM’s EVIYOS® 2.0 light source, with around 20,000 pixels per lamp. It is already in series production Marelli, together with ams OSRAM launches a ground-breaking innovation in automotive front lighting, introducing the h-Digi® microLED module, which is now in series production. This digital lighting solution, based on a new type of intelligent multipixel LED, enables fully adaptive, dynamic headlight operation and image projection, while being an afforda...
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2023-08-10

Ares Panther Evo offers purists retro style, pop-up headlights

More than an updated DeTomaso Pantera, the company's latest evolution of its ProgettoUno hides a little Huracan under its skin 2024 Ares Panther Evo PHOTO BY ARES MODENA Italian coachbuilder Ares Modena early August unveiled its latest creation, the Ares Panther Evo. The supercar boasts retro-inspired styling, complete with pop-up headlights and wedge-shaped angles that will trigger nostalgia among enthusiasts. It is an evolution of the company’s Panther ProgettoUno, first unveiled in June 2019; and its Project Panther of 2017 before ...
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2023-08-07

LG Display Wins 2023 Bosch Global Supplier Award

LG Display Wins 2023 Bosch Global Supplier Award SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Display, the world's leading innovator of display technologies, announced today that it has received a 'Bosch Global Supplier Award.' The company receives this prestigious award in the category "raw materials and components", demonstrating its unmatched leadership in the automotive display market. The Bosch Group, a global leading supplier of technology and services, reserves its "Bosch Global Supplier Award" for only 46 ...
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2023-08-04

New VW Touareg: 38,432 LED headlights, roof load sensor and red VW logo

The new Touareg brings many assistance systems to the luxury-class SUV and is the first VW with the new “IQ.Light – HD LED matrix headlights” with 38,432 individual LEDs, a bright red VW logo at the rear and a sensor cargo on the roof. Advance sales begin today, the most powerful model, the Touareg R eHybrid, will follow on June 22. HD LED matrix headlights with 38,000 LEDs The “IQ.Light – HD-LED-Matrix-Headlights” are an interactive lighting system that aligns the light of more than 38,000 micro-LEDs i...
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2023-07-28

ams OSRAM opens new era of dynamic interior automotive lighting with launch of intelligent RGB LED

OSIRE® E3731i intelligent RGB LED enables creation of dynamic color and motion effects across hundreds of LEDs The intelligent RGBi uses a new and license-free Open System Protocol for communication with any microcontroller Combination of new LED and protocol reduces implementation cost and complexity, to bring dynamic lighting within reach of a wide range of models and market segments Premstaetten, Austria and Munich, Germany (July 27, 2023) -- ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, introduces new technology ...
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2023-07-27

Audi Q6 e-tron's Rear Lights Will Warn Other Road Users Of Impending Hazards

The taillights can warn other motorists of obstacles in the road ahead. Audi's upcoming Q6 e-tron electric SUV will arrive with a high-end lighting system, which introduces two world-firsts to be used on a production vehicle. The lighting system, particularly the setup involving the taillights, marks the arrival of Audi's second-generation digital OLED rear lights and promises to take road safety to a new level. The Proximity indication feature now includes a communication light in the Q6 e-tron. It can warn other motorists of an impending obstacle on the roadwa...
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2023-07-26

Sketches reveal design details of new Škoda Scala and Kamiq headlights

All-new headlights underscore the rejuvenated look of the Škoda Scala compact model and Škoda Kamiq city SUV Optional Matrix-LED technology – a first for the respective models Mladá Boleslav, 25 July 2023 – Ahead of the digital world premiere of the refreshed Škoda Scala and Škoda Kamiq, the Czech automaker is releasing a series of design sketches that showcase the updated front end and headlights. Four years on from their initial production launch, Škoda Auto is introducing upgrades for its compact m...
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2023-07-20

ams Osram Introduces Eviyos 2.0, a Groundbreaking Multipixel LED for Automotive Forward Lighting and Projection

ams Osram is given us a groundbreaking innovation in automotive forward lighting with the introduction of Eviyos 2.0. This intelligent multipixel LED takes headlight operation and image projection to another level, enabling fully adaptive and dynamic lighting for vehicles with image projection, as well. Source: ams Osram Eviyos 2.0 features 25,600 individually controllable LEDs with a pixel pitch of 40 µm. It has the ability to selectively illuminate the road in high-beam mode without causing glare for other road users. The chip can project high-resolution images on...
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2023-07-20

New era in road safety as ams OSRAM launches intelligent multipixel EVIYOS® 2.0 LED for precision adaptive headlights

EVIYOS® 2.0 provides high-resolution, fully Adaptive Driving Beam capability, automatically reducing glare in high-beam mode EVIYOS® 2.0 projects images and safety warnings on to the road surface to communicate to the driver and others around the vehicle EVIYOS® 2.0 is the first LED to house a monolithic chip that contains 25,600 individually controllable LEDs 10 years of intensive development culminate in release of EVIYOS® 2.0 to volume production this month Marelli’s new h-Digi® microLED is based on the EV...
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2023-07-20

New Matrix-Type (8-line×24-channel) LED Drivers for Automotive LCD Backlights Enable Independent Control of up to 192 Zones

Local dimming function contributes to higher resolution and lower power consumption displays ROHM has developed LED driver ICs - the BD94130xxx-M series (BD94130MUF-ME2, BD94130EFV-ME2) - for automotive LCD backlights. The devices support large displays increasingly being used in next-generation car infotainment and instrument clusters. In recent years, the advancement of ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) together with expanding car infotainment functionality have prompted a shift towards higher resolution vehicle displays to improve visib...
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2023-07-19

HD Matrix Headlamp: Car Lighting Technology at the Highest Level

Hella, the automotive supplier operating under the umbrella brand FORVIA, and the luxury car manufacturer Porsche, have, in close cooperation with other partners, launched the world’s first high-resolution headlamp based on matrix LED technology. With over 32,000 individually controllable pixels per headlamp, it raises automotive lighting technology to a new level. The digital headlamp system SSL | HD is now available for the first time in the new Porsche Cayenne as optional extra equipment. Hella’s SSL | HD technology, which received the prestig...
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2023-07-19

Europe’s 2024 Ford Transit Gets Newly Standard 12-Inch Display And New 8-Speed Gearbox

The 2024 Transit has a host of new features including a Delivery Assist function, which can save 20 seconds per delivery Ford of Europe has introduced the 2024 Transit and E‑Transit, which have been given a tech-focused makeover. The updates are most noticeable inside as Ford is outfitting the vans with an 8-inch digital instrument cluster and a 12-inch SYNC 4 infotainment system. The latter is a huge improvement over the previously standard 4.2-inch non-touch display. The upgrades don’t end there as the vans have been equipped with an improved 5G modem, w...
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New XLamp XFL LEDs are fully specified and optimized for flashlights and other portable lighting applications  Cree LED has just launched the new XLamp® XFL LED family, comprised of three LEDs designed for maximum performance in flash... READ MORE

New XLamp® Horticulture LEDs reduce height between lighting and plants to provide more uniform lighting and lower costs Horticulture and other forms of agricultural lighting require application-tuned ratios of spectral content, high effica... READ MORE