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September 1998 Newsletter
• Status of Trend Toward Assembly Modules Carmakers would like to give suppliers more responsibility for designing and building preassembled modules. The article includes data from Strategy Analytics' report, Modular Assembly Trends. • IBM and Daimler-Benz's New Client-Server Architecture Two years ago, IBM and Daimler-Benz began joint development of a new standard architecture for vehicle electrical/electronic systems. The first application of the client-server architecture will likely be in-cabin controls. • Mercedes' 1999 S-Class: Pioneering Electronics Mercedes introduces new electronics features such as autonomous cruise control, switches on the steering wheel, dynamic route guidance based on real-time traffic information and hands-free keyless entry. • Demand for Real-Time Traffic Info in Japan and Europe VICS, in Japan, and TrafficMaster, in the U.K. report rising sales of traffic information receivers. • Baden-Baden Auto Electronics Conference The 8th International Conference on Electronics Systems for Vehicles will be held October 8-9, 1998 in Baden-Baden, Germany. • FCI Automotive, The Company Profile A division of Framatome Connectors International, FCI Automotive is the number-four automotive connector supplier worldwide--30% of sales are connectors for safety-restraint systems. • Worldwide Automotive Connector Market by Region in $ Millions Bishop & Associates forecast auto connector growth to 2002. (table) • U.S. Household Penetration of Consumer Electronics Table shows 1995 to 1998 growth in car alarms, wireless telephones, pagers and car CD players, according to CEMA.

 

 

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