Nichia, the world's largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, is launching a white LED (Part No. NS2W806H-B2) designed for LCD backlighting. This product adds a new green chip in addition to the existing blue chip, resulting in a configuration that combines both blue and green within a single package. For LEDs used in LCD backlighting, it is common to achieve white light by combining a blue chip with green and red phosphors. However, due to the significant performance improvements in Nichia's green chip, the N...

Macroblock has successfully obtained ISO 26262 functional safety development process certification. This internationally authoritative certification underscores Macroblock’s commitment to adhering to the highest functional safety standards in the automotive industry. To maintain a competitive edge in the automotive electronics field, Macroblock's functional safety policy emphasizes that meeting functional safety requirements is the primary consideration in the design and development of automotive products. The company continually increases investment in safety design to...

Recently, Hongli Zhihui reached a cooperation intention with the world-renowned lighting company Current Lighting Solutions ("Current") and signed a "License and Supply Agreement". Through this authorization, Hongli Zhihui can apply KSF phosphors to Hongli Zhihui lighting LED products worldwide, which will further accelerate Hongli Zhihui's expansion into the high-end lighting application market. KSF/PFS phosphors have made an indelible contribution to improving LED efficacy, especially high CRI. Their unique red light emissio...

CES 2025 opened on January 7 in Las Vegas, United States, drawing over 3,600 exhibitors to unveil the latest technological developments. This year’s event showcases innovations in Micro and Mini LED displays, with applications ranging from TVs and screens to AR glasses, automotive displays, and beauty mirrors.

After expressing so much interest at last year’s Automechanika, end users and workshops can now look forward to installing the new LED retrofit lamps from ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS). The OSRAM NIGHT BREAKER® LED SPEED H7 is impressive for its extremely simple installation, its bright white light, excellent durability and 60 percent lower energy consumption¹. The OSRAM NIGHT BREAKER® LED SPEED H7 was unveiled for the first time at last year’s Automechanika, the leading international automotive trade f...

GIS will display a range of cutting-edge smart automotive and near-eye display technologies and products at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the U.S. from January 7 to 10. The presentation will include heads-up displays (HUDs), low-reflection coating technology, Mini LED touch display modules, and waveguide-based optical modules, offering a groundbreaking visual experience. In light of the rapid growth of applications in artificial intelligence, 5G networks, and the IoT, the demand for smart living solutions has surged. Leveraging its expertise in optical, m...

  Seoul Semiconductor, Seoul Viosys CES 2025 Exhibition Booth Global optoelectronics leader Seoul Semiconductor and Seoul Viosys (hereafter, "Seoul") participated in CES 2025, held in Las Vegas, USA, from January 7 to 10, 2024. Under the slogan "Paradigm Shift in Light by World First Technology," Seoul unveiled its groundbreaking technologies, highlighting its innovation in light. At this exhibition, Seoul's 'No-wire MicroLED Car Demo' garnered significant attention. The 6000nit brightness grille displays ap...

Held in Las Vegas, the United States from January 7 to 10, the Consumer Electronics Show 2025 (CES 2025) stands as a barometer of the global consumer electronics market. Chinese display giant BOE, along with its automotive display arm BOE Varitronix Limited, showcases more than 60 innovative technologies and products as well as IoT solutions at the trade show. For the first time in overseas markets, the company released its “HERO” (Healthiness, Entertainment, Relaxation, and Office) initiative for the era of smart vehicles, presenting an extravagan...

Ennostar Group, in line with its '3+1 long-term development strategy,' is making its first appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In collaboration with AUO and the Taiwan Advanced Automotive Technology Development Association (TADA), Ennostar is showcasing its cutting-edge automotive technologies. At AUO’s booth, Ennostar presents interactive matrix displays for automotive front and rear applications. Meanwhile, at the Taiwan Automotive Technology Pavilion, Ennostar demonstrates an integrated solution encompassing ...

AUO is collaborating with Sony Honda Mobility to showcase the world’s first Micro LED Media Bar Solution mounted on the exterior of the AFEELA. The image shows that Dr. Frank ko, CEO and President of AUO, and Izumi kawanishi, Representative Director, President and COO of Sony Honda Mobility, demonstrates their commitment to continuous innovation, creating a more user-friendly engaging and smart experience for vehicle occupants. AUO, with its industry-leading Micro LED Display HMI (Human Machine Interface) Solutions, is collabora...

In automotive lighting, achieving precise RGB LED color calibration can be a real challenge. Automotive lighting engineers or designers often face time-consuming, intricate processes to ensure that RGB LEDs display accurate colors under different conditions. Brightek's Ultimate PWM Program (UPP) software takes this challenge head-on, using advanced algorithms to enable rapid, reliable color calibration—up to 5X faster than traditional methods, with an impressive 99% accuracy. Key Challenges in RGB LED Calibration for Automotive Applications ...

Holographic Heads-Up Display by Hyundai Mobis at CES2025 Lee Gyu Suk, CEO of Hyundai Mobis and Karl Lamprecht, CEO of ZEISS at CES Hyundai Mobis at CES2025 LAS VEGAS, JAN. 8th, 2025 This year’s CES saw another big innovation in in-vehicle display. It’s the advent of a new in-vehicle display technology without any display device: the so-called holographic display, and it’s completely different from conventional in-vehicle display. Hyundai Mobis (KRX 012330) unveiled its ‘holographic windshield...

Munich/Las Vegas. The BMW Group presents the driving and user experience of the future at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in Las Vegas. BMW is providing the first opportunity to experience the close-to-production version of the new BMW iDrive – complete with its centrepiece, BMW Panoramic Vision – at the event. The software underpinning it all is the new BMW Operating System X, which acts as the intelligence hub behind the new display and operating concept. The holistic system, with its modern, style-shaping design, will be introduc...

As the electric and hybrid vehicle industry surges forward and automotive intelligence accelerates, the smart cabin has emerged as a central battleground for automakers. Acting as the primary interface for human-vehicle interaction, in-car displays have become essential for elevating cabin intelligence, enhancing technological appeal, and delivering immersive driving experiences. These screens now serve as a benchmark for evaluating the modern smart cabin. Today, automotive displays are integrated into dashboards, center consoles, rearview mirrors, head-up displays (HUDs), and rear...

Macroblock showcases its innovations at CES 2025, taking place over 4 days from Tuesday, January 7, to Friday, January 10. With the theme “Driving the Next Wave of Automotive Innovation,” Macroblock teams up with partners Hirosawa and Springteq to unveil its latest automotive product portfolio, featuring solutions for automotive lighting and display applications. By participating in this global event, Macroblock aims to foster meaningful collaborations with attendees from around the world, uniting stakeholders across the supply chain to accelerate advancements ...

Tianma, a leading global manufacturer of flat panel displays, is proud to support the Garmin Unified Cabin™ digital cockpit solution with multiple automotive-grade displays. The project features six incremental and upgraded automotive grade displays across four zones – including a new ultrawide format display – with multi-display bonding to custom AutoGrade™2 Corning® Gorilla® Glass for automotive interiors provided by Corning International. Unified Cabin 2025 is Garmin’s latest automotive infotainment and electronics solution for gl...

Samsung Display 18.1-inch foldable panel for IT device At CES 2025, Samsung Display will reveal a range of new IT and automotive OLED products expected to drive the OLED industry’s growth. Samsung Display’s invite-only CES exhibit, open from January 7 to 10, will showcase state-of-the-art OLED products for IT devices, including tablets, laptops and monitors, as well as cutting-edge OLED solutions for vehicles. This year’s exhibit aims to underline Samsung Display’s expertise beyond smartphones, with a focus on sectors like...

CarUX debuted Windshield Reflective Solution (WRS) CarUX Technology Pte. Ltd., with the direction “More than Display, and Far Beyond,” will showcase new vision solutions for automotive products based on her strategy, Harmonious User Experience “HUE”, from January 7th to 9th in Las Vegas, USA. CarUX keeps providing the differentiation elements and the freedom of stylish design, by bridging the technology to the automotive standards. The exhibition includes the first OLED solution of CarUX. As CarUX Chairman as well ...

AUO, one of the world's leading providers of display HMI solutions, is teaming up with its subsidiary, BHTC, to debut the company’s Smart Cockpit at CES 2025, January 7-10 in Las Vegas. Highlighting the theme of “Infinite Future, Unlimited Possibilities,” usher in a new era of future-bound mobility. The next-generation AUO Smart Cockpit 2025 integrates the excellent visual performance of AUO’s advanced Micro LED display, intuitive human-machine engagement and ground-breaking In-vehicle computing solution to show AUO total so...

On December 20th, Shenzhen Longli Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Longli”) issued an announcement regarding a significant contract update. The company stated that it recently held further discussions with Germany’s Bosch regarding a previously signed agreement to supply automotive Mini LED backlight display modules for a BMW project from 2025 to 2033. As a result of these discussions, the decision was made to terminate the “Long-Term Contract.” Longli explained that the contract was an international long-term agreem...

Himax Technologies, Inc. , an industry leader in fabless display driver ICs and other semiconductors, today announced the Company will showcase the industry’s most comprehensive automotive display solutions, featuring image processing and touch IC functionalities for LCD and OLED technologies at CES 2025. During the event, Himax will highlight key advancements, including the debut of its latest, third-generation automotive TDDI solution, the HX83195 series, enabling innovative applications, and showcase the HX8530 series OLED on-cell touch IC, undersco...

On the evening of December 21, NIO officially launched its flagship luxury sedan, the ET9, at NIO Day 2024, showcasing its latest advancements in intelligent automotive technologies, including smart lighting and in-car display systems. Intelligent Lighting The ET9 features intelligent Micro LED pixelated headlights, combined with the AQUILA 2.0 Super Sensing system, enabling precise illumination. The headlights offer intelligent light-tracing carpets, intersection blind-spot alerts, and highlighted lane markings, enhancing nighttime driving safety. Au...

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ("Nissan") and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ("Honda") have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to start discussions and considerations toward a business integration between the two companies through the establishment of a joint holding company. To further accelerate their efforts toward achieving a carbon-neutral society and a zero-traffic-fatality society, Nissan and Honda signed an MOU on March 15 regarding a strategic partnership for the era of vehicle intelligence and electrification. Since then, the two companies have...

ams OSRAM’s OSIRE® E3731i and Stand-Alone Intelligent Driver (SAID) use OSP license-free protocol to connect color LEDs, sensors and microcontrollers. ams OSRAM, a global leader in intelligent emitting and sensing technologies, will demonstrate how its newest solutions are powering some of today’s most groundbreaking products at CES 2025. Invited attendees will gain in-depth knowledge from the company’s foremost experts and executives about ams OSRAM’s motto, “Sense the power of light,” and its advanced produ...

Patrick Rossi, Dolby VP of Strategic Partnerships, and John Jacobs, Samsung Display VP of Display Sales, among others, at the MOU signing ceremony Samsung Display today announced a strategic partnership with Dolby Laboratories, a leader in immersive entertainment experiences. The partners will offer Samsung Display’s cutting-edge OLED displays pre-tuned to deliver Dolby Vision® to automotive manufacturers, providing best-in-class imaging experiences through a new streamlined evaluation and implementation process. Samsung Display’s OLE...

In 2024, multiple intelligent NEVs were unveiled in China, many of which are equipped with Huawei's intelligent automotive solutions. The Voyah Dream MPV from Dongfeng's Voyah brand is the first to feature Huawei's ADS 3.0 intelligent driving system. The Deepal L07 from Chang'an Auto uses Huawei's basic intelligent driving solutions. Additionally, AVATR brand of Chang'an Auto released new AVATR 12 at last month, continuing to feature Huawei's full-stack solutions. In July, sales of NEVs in China surpassed those of fuel...

Transformation continues at Toyota Kentucky with a $922 million investment to build a new advanced paint facility and further support electrification efforts. The facility is designed to improve operational efficiencies, reduce environmental impacts, and enhance the quality of vehicle finishes. Scheduled to open in 2027, the facility will add 1 million square-feet of capacity while decreasing carbon emissions by 30 percent and water usage by 1.5 million gallons per year. The project further supports plant efforts to increase flexibility for future vehicle production and moves To...

The new Porsche Macan has received the top rating of five stars in the Euro NCAP test. The four-door sports car impressed with top scores in all test disciplines. To ensure the high safety level of its vehicles, Porsche is constantly developing and testing new assistance systems. Their performance far exceeds what is required by law. With five stars, the new, all-electric Porsche Macan has achieved the best possible overall rating in the Euro NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme). This is a standardised test procedure for the evaluation and comparability of the sa...

Honda is celebrating a quarter-century of hybrid-electric sales in America, a legacy that began with the original Honda Insight, the first mass production hybrid-electric vehicle ever sold in the United States, and continues today with hybrid-electric vehicles playing a key role in the company's electrification strategy. Over 25% of Honda brand sales today are hybrid-electric vehicles, with the Civic, Accord and CR-V each powered by Honda's award-winning two-motor hybrid-electric system. Launched in December 1999, the all-new Honda Insight was designed from the g...

Zeekr, the electric vehicle brand under China's Geely Auto Group, recently launched the five-seater model 7X in China after announcing its expansion into Australia and Japan. It targets the mainstream SUV trend, leveraging the group's resources to offer top-tier specifications and features. The standard configuration of RMB229,900 is already the top configuration of many other models. The delivery volume exceeded 30,000 units in 70 days after its launch, and the number continues to grow rapidly. The interior layout of the Zeekr 7X is remarkably streamlined. O...