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IHS: Autonomous Vehicle Sales to Surpass 33 Million Annually

by Andrew Fenn

More than 33 million autonomous vehicles will be sold globally in 2040, a substantial increase from the 51,000 units forecast for the first year of significant volume in 2021, according to IHS Markit. The …

Tags:Automotive| IHS Markit| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Denso Looking at JOLED Investment

by Bob Raikes

A number of news sources in Japan and including Reuters have suggested that Denso, the Tier One automotive component supplier, is considering a $440 million investment to help JOLED get into production with its …

Tags:Automotive| InkJet Deposition| Japan| JOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 01

The Garmin HUD+

by Arthur Berman

The HUD+ product represents an effort by Garmin Ltd. (Olathe, KS) to “bring the futuristic heads-up display technology found in some luxury vehicles to the masses.” Although the HUD+ has been on the market …

Tags:Automotive| Garmin| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Sigmaintell Expects Small Penetration for OLED in Automotive

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell of China predicted that AMOLED will win just 1.5% of the automotive display market on a volume basis by 2020. The company highlighted the challenges for OLEDs in meeting the high temperature and …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 24 - Issue 47

The Advent of Full Display Dashboards

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, from the last week in October to early November Tokyo, Japan turns that nation’s love of cars to reality and beyond with the week long Auto extravaganza AKA “The …

Tags:Automotive| Curved Displays| IHS Markit| Vol 24 - Issue 47

LG Starts Production of OLEDs for Mercedes Benz

by Bob Raikes

LG Display has started manufacturing OLED rear lights for the Mercedes Benz S-Class Coupe. The company is also in discussion with two other German auto makers but was not prepared to identify them at …

Tags:Automotive| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Personalised Displays Could be a Differentiator in Cars

by Damir Lokas

Strategy Analytics has a new report that has identified that personalisation of in-car displays can be a signficant differentiator for consumers in the US, Western Europe and China. The interest in displays has been …

Tags:Automotive| HMI| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 46

VW Shows Moia Ride-sharing Concept

by Bob Raikes

Volkswagen has shown the Moia concept vehicle, which has been designed to support ride sharing services where a number of individual travellers may be in a single vehicle. The seats are mainly individual and …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Continental HUD with DMD Technology Goes into Production

by Andrew Fenn

Automotive manufacturer Lincoln Motor Company, a division of Ford Motor Company, is putting Continental’s head-up display (HUD) with digital micromirror device (DMD) technology into production for the first time. The solution from the technology …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Head Up Displays HUDs| HMI| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Visteon and PT Astra Otoparts Open New Vietnam Facility

by Andrew Fenn

Automotive electronics technology supplier Visteon and component manufacturer PT Astra Otoparts are expanding the production and supply of instrument clusters and multi-function displays to major vehicle and motorcycle manufacturers in Vietnam. The Astra Visteon …

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Porsche Cars NA Tech Live Look 1

Porsche Reveals AR Technical Support Solution

by Andrew Fenn

Porsche Cars North America announced the introduction of “Tech Live Look,” an AR technology designed to improve technical services at Porsche dealerships in the United States. “Tech Live Look” uses the AiR Enterprise software …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Uber Orders Volvo XC90 for Self-Driving Car Fleet

by Andrew Fenn

Uber has entered into a $1.4 billion agreement with Volvo to purchase 24,000 of its XC90 SUVs between 2019 and 2021 to create a fleet of autonomous vehicles. Uber is using the XC90 as …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 44