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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 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

Renesas Brings 3D To Entry Level Cars

by Bob Raikes

Renesas has announced the R-Car 3D chip which is designed to support 3D graphics in car dashboards at a system cost that is said to be at the same level as 2D. It is …

Tags:Automotive| Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Renesas| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Tesla Roadster Shown at Truck Launch

by Bob Raikes

Tesla surprised everyone that attended its event to launch a new truck, by also announcing a new roadster at the end of the show. The show is outrageously fast with 0-60mph acceleration time of …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 43

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Innolux Director Predicts Steady Year in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes reports that Innolux’s General Director, Yang Chiu-lien, has predicted that 2018 will be a “steady year” financially for the firm and celebrated 2017 as “generally a great one for the panel industry”. Yang …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41