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Volkswagen announced Friday it would show off “developments in electromobility as well as the next generation of connectivity” at the Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas.

“For instance, Volkswagen will give quite a clear glimpse of the latest developments in in-car infotainment that are on the verge of being launched onto the market. This will see innovations such as the Golf R Touch concept car finding their way into Volkswagen’s broad product portfolio,” the automaker said in a statement.

A full TFT display for the driver, a feature that’s never been offered before on the Volkswagen Golf, and an updated infotainment system certainly could be what the automaker is talking about when it mentions technology “on the verge of being launched onto the market.”

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Since 2021, AR HUD has been installed in multiple new vehicle models, including Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Hongqi E-HS9, Great Wall Mocha, Geely Xingyue L, Volkswagen ID Series, GAC Trumpchi GS8, BAIC Mofang and Rising R7.

There are four PGU technologies: TFT-LCD, DLP, LCOS, and laser scanning projection (LSP). Wherein, TFT-LCD and DLP are the mainstream solutions used in the current AR HUD-enabled production vehicle models in China. Volkswagen ID Series, Hongqi E-HS9 and WEY Mocha among others all bear TFT-LCD solutions. The DLP technology monopolized by TI delivers good imaging effects but its cost is high. The applied models include Mercedes-Benz S-Class and the 2nd-generation GAC Trumpchi GS8.

MEMS laser scanning projection (LSP) is also a R&D direction for some companies like Panasonic, Pioneer and Shenzhen Dianshi Innovation Technology. In 2022, the dual-vision laser holographic AR HUD jointly developed by Panasonic and Envisics is to be first mounted on Cadillac LYRIQ. With two projection display areas, far and near, the system can display real-scene markers at the destination, real-scene navigation, forward collision warning, and lane change command.

Volkswagen‘s new Touareg SUV is so clever it can see in the dark. Night Vision is part of a new suite of technologies on the new generation model which also includes a world debut by the Innovation Cockpit which will gradually be rolled out through the automaker’s other model ranges.

This, as already mentioned, includes the Innovation Cockpit, available as an option. A 12-inch digital instrument display merges with the 15-inch TFT touchscreen of the Discover Premium infotainment to form a new digital operating, information, communication and entertainment unit in much the same way Daimler’s Mercedes mixes and matches screens from A- to S-class.

Intuitively and frequently used switches such as volume control, have been intentionally implemented as analogue controls. To the side of the driver, the display of VW’s Discover Premium system visually merges with the Digital Cockpit, the Tourareg’s 12-inch, high resolution instrument cluster. The two displays form a digital landscape in what VW calls a “one screen design”.

Kogler said: “In navigation mode, extended 3D city models can be called up and displayed, simplifying orientation in unfamiliar surroundings. There are also conventional and satellite maps. With Nav-Gen4 routing, an alternative route can be computed online on a server taking predictive models into account including route profiles, topography and traffic situations.”

Menu navigation is set up to be intuitive. For instance the user can press the home icon – a virtual button on the lower display border that is familiar from smart phones.

It’s a lot to take in, especially on the a fairly short launch test drive, but once you know which functions are important to you they are easily accessible by touching or swiping the screen. Navigation maps can be viewed in front of the steering column or in the centre of the dashboard while immediate instructions are also shown on the head up display. It is possible to choose what information the HUD displays – such as vehicle speed, speed limits and lane departure warning while display height is adjustable.

The latest generation Volkswagen’s Tourareg flagship SUV goes on sale early in June with an expected starting price of around EUR49,000 although, when fully loaded with a impressive suite of driver assistance, safety and connectivity technologies, it will likely be considerably more.

“Innovision Cockpit” as the centre.The interior designers have completely redesigned the vehicle interior of the Touareg and consistently customised it for the digital age. Wherever it makes sense, digital surfaces replace conventional displays and controls. The dominant centre of the vehicle interior is formed by the wide, exquisite dash panel with the optional integrated “Innovision Cockpit” – an alliance of the digital instruments (12-inch “Digital Cockpit”) and the infotainment system “Discover Premium” (with a 15-inch TFT touchscreen). It is the control centre of a new era – an interactive interface for the Touareg where the information and settings of all essential comfort, assist and infotainment systems converge in one matrix. Thanks to a separate eSIM (initially in 13 European countries), the new SUV is also "always on". The “Innovision Cockpit” is a departure from the conventional – never before has a Volkswagen interior of this type been digitalised and extensively linked to the vehicle functions and outside world to such an extent.

The highest level of comfort, quality and exclusivity. Regardless of how rough and demanding the onroad and offroad terrain of the new Touareg may sometimes be, the vehicle interior of the Volkswagen SUV always remains a luxurious comfort zone. The screens of the “Innovision Cockpit” with their glass covered surfaces, exquisite wood applications (porous real wood), vegetable tanned leathers as well as the aluminium and chrome details allow the extraordinarily high quality to be seen and felt. A narrow wing made of “curved beam wood” extends over the entire width of the dash panel in conjunction with the new “Atmosphere” trim line – a wood application curved as one part and made of ash that follows the shape of the dash panel. The individualisation of the interior is achieved with three trim lines: “Atmosphere”, “Elegance” and “R-Line”. “Atmosphere” is a new lounge-type world where wood and natural tones prevail. “Elegance” stands for a new, technical world dominated by metal and matching colours. In contrast, the “R-Line” has a sporty design.

Largest Volkswagen panoramic sliding roof.Natural light comes in through the largest panoramic sliding roof that Volkswagen has ever realised in the vehicle interior. The transparent roof section is 1,270 mm long and 825 mm wide (inner dimension). The front half of the roof can be continuously opened and electrically moved back by 495 mm and raised. An electrically activated cloth roller blind reduces the sun rays.

After years banging its head on the wall trying to convince American drivers to buy small cars, Volkswagen tried something novel a couple of years ago: selling what we wanted, not what the German automaker felt like building.

Thin Film Transistor displays will be the next wave of in-vehicle infotainment progress. These new information displays will replace the gauges and screens you now view to get needed information. Brighter, crisper, and more visible from angles, the screens will enable easier viewing.

In a typical mainstream car in 2016 the view one sees is a large speedometer with an analog-like look, and possibly a tachometer or group of other needle-indicators showing fuel and temperature. Going forward, the new TFT screens will enable those same views, and they’ll show you much more.

TFT screens are the intersection of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and semiconductor manufacturing. Created on a glass or plastic substrate, the material is deposited onto the surface with high-tech machinery long used to produced semiconductor devices like computer chips. The classic deposit, etch, and repeat steps enable the manufacturers to produce resolutions and abilities not previously possible.

Since these displays are entirely digital, more like a laptop or smartphone screen than past displays, the information you see can change easily. The classic display you view between the spokes of the steering wheel will still be the default.

However, automakers will give you the option of seeing a large, clear map as an alternative. Or perhaps you prefer to minimize the speedo and instead have the audio options use the majority of the screen. The customization options will let you dial in the display to get the information you want.

Together they produce a fantastic display that incorporates all of the driver’s needed information into the gauge area. The secondary and tertiary screens we are used to seeing in the center of and on top of the dashboard are gone. Even the backup camera is viewed in this new central location.

It might be lighter than the old one (to the tune of 106kg) but the new Volkswagen Touareg remains the biggest and most imposing vehicle from Wolfsburg (assuming you don"t count the Transporter van or Amarok pickup of course…). Launched with much fanfare in Beijing, with China likely to be its biggest market, the Touareg will arrive in Ireland in July. But this time, it won"t be available as a cheap-to-tax N1 quasi-commercial vehicle.

That means you get an all-digital 12-inch TFT screen instrument panel, and a huge (sensing a theme, here?) 15-inch infotainment touchscreen. Tech highlights include a night-vision camera (a technology that’s suddenly coming back into vogue), lane-keeping steering, traffic jam stop-start assistant, front-crossing traffic detection (which helps when pulling out of badly-sighted junctions) and a driver fatigue monitor. In spite of the size, VW says that this all helps to make the Touareg more like a phone, than a car. “Drivers use the Innovision Cockpit to adapt the assistance, handling and comfort systems specifically to their personal tastes; the car becomes ‘their’ Touareg” said a spokesperson. “This opens up a world in which the driver and on-board guests no longer have to adapt to the car; rather the car adapts to them. Like a new smartphone, the Volkswagen is set up and tuned to personal needs.”