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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 …

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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 …

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

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

Denso Has Largest HUD

by Bob Raikes

Denso of Japan (a Toyota group company) has announced a HUD, based on an LCD imager, that has a nearly 24″ (60cm) display image onto car windscreens and will be released in November 2017 …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 40

More Details Emerge On Mitsubishi Emirai 4 Concept Car

by Andrew Fenn

Mitsubishi has released more information regarding its new Emirai 4 concept car, featuring a range of next-generation driving assistance and safety mechanisms that have been designed to reduce road traffic accidents. The new vehicle …

Tags:Automotive| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Transportation Company, Amey, Unveils VR Driver Safety Training

by Andrew Fenn

Transport and infrastructure firm, Amey, in the UK, is delivering innovative driver safety training to 13,000 of its employees via a virtual reality simulator. The experience is designed to highlight the dangers of falling …

Tags:AR/VR| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 38

A New Display Application: Electronic License Plates

by Arthur Berman

Advertised as the first-ever, interactive digital license plate, the so-called rPlate debuted earlier this year at the North American International Auto Show. This show is held in Detroit as a part of Automobili-D. The …

Tags:Automotive| EPD (Electrophoretic)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 39

2017 SID Vehicle Displays Exhibition

by Ken Werner

The exhibition at the 2017 Vehicle Displays and Interfaces Sympsium, held Sept. 26 and 27, 2017 in Livonia, Michigan, consisted of 73 tabletops, up from 61 last year. Given the growth of symposium, the …

Mitsubishi Electric to Demo Smart Lighting System at Tokyo Motor Show

by Andrew Fenn

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will be showing off its brand new Safe and Secure Lighting System on the Mitsubishi EMIRAI4 electric concept car at Tokyo’s 45th annual Motor Show at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition …

Tags:Automotive| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38

VDS04 Lighting in Display Systems

by Ken Werner

The second morning opened with a session on lighting in display systems. Chin Chang (Semtech) discussed his company’s Boost converter, which, when combined with current sources, serves as a high-performance LED driver for vehicular …

VDS03 Panel Discussion Covers AR, HUDs and Risk

by Ken Werner

Bob O’Brien of DSCC chaired the panel sessionThe symposium’s first day, as well as its coverage of HUDs, concluded with a panel discussion, “Augmented Reality in Head-Up Displays for Automotive Displays, moderated by Bob …