Motherson Innovations Company Limited

Volkswagen Ag

Jan Dormanns

Romeo Wieczorek

Torsten Weingärtner

Yann Buchet

Andreas Herrmann

Ilka Rötzer

Matthias Koller

Alf Liesener

Stefanie Göttlicher

Mukesh Patel

Reinhold Langbein

Thomas Agung Nugraha

David-Kenneth Jaeger

Miodrag Conic

Gianluca Caretta

Yijun Zhao

Manfred Haiberger

Jürgen Rinderlin

Simone Wilsdorf

Uwe Lüsebrink

Torsten WEINGÄRTNER

Ilka RÖTZER

Fabian Wehrle

A vehicle includes one or more sensors arranged on at least one of a dashboard, a roof, and a center console of the vehicle, or one or more image capturing devices for capturing one or more images from a left side and a right side of the vehicle, an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to communicate with the one or more sensors or the one or more image capturing devices, and at least one of a morphing surface, a windshield display, and one or more displays configured to be controlled by the ECU, where the one or more sensors are arranged under a black panel surface.

Autonomous vehicles and methods of using same

The present invention relates to a self-supporting carrier structure for an instrument panel in a vehicle, comprising a network of a plurality of hollow support elements and solid support elements arranged according to the results of a load path analysis, wherein the hollow support elements form at least one manifold used as an air duct comprising at least one air inlet for introducing air into the hollow support elements and at least one air outlet for guiding the air into a passenger compartment of a vehicle. Furthermore, the invention is directed to an instrument panel comprising such a carrier structure and is directed to a vehicle equipped with such an instrument panel.

Self-supporting carrier structure for an instrument panel in a vehicle, instrument panel comprising such a carrier structure and vehicle with such an instrument panel

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Waldkirch, Germany

Jan Dormanns