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Going in to 3 additional models

https://fordauthority.com/2025/05/ford-bluecruise-coming-to-three-additional-models/

Surely must have made a contribution to the pretty decent KPI figures issued a few days ago. This appears to be a channel from Poland. DMS is in magna mirror at 4:27.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XBG61TXiGk

Isb - yes, it's camera based. There's a couple more chinese cars assessed by Euro ncap recently on their site, that also have this.

I failed to spot that another chinese car, the BYD Sealion 7, was recently assessed by Euro Ncap and this car also has direct driver monitoring. It didn't score quite as well as the Geely or Polestar, but it's direct DMS nonetheless.

I agree with Mr Safestocks. It's pretty bad that other manufacturers have been dragging their heels here for so long. Kudos to the chinese oems that have brought DMS to the market.

The 2026 NCAP protocols were recently published.

https://www.euroncap.com/en/for-engineers/protocols/2026-protocols/

We've recently seen the Geely X5 (chinese car) and Polestar 3 (mostly chinese owned co I think) include direct DMS. If the European OEMs were not to go down this route, they'd surely lose out on a load of points to their chinese competitors!

This article from 12 months ago. I didn't fully appreciate the global footprint they have in the ADAS space (1 in 3 cars equipped with Valeo ADAS tech). They look like a good partner for SM.

https://www.valeo.com/en/valeo-opens-new-plant-in-daegu-korea-for-the-production-of-advanced-driver-assistance-systems/

Hadn't seen this, from last month. I've seen no other mention of this elsewhere. But, apparently our tech is being rolled out in to the Honda Accord early this summer, as part of sensing 360+, for mass production in to the Japanese market:-

https://paultan.org/2025/03/24/2025-honda-accord-gets-honda-sensing-360-in-japan-first-mass-market-honda-with-hands-off-driving/

Valeo work with Honda, as you can see below

https://www.autocarpro.in/feature/tech-talk-honda-and-valeo-drive-affordable-adas-with-honda-sensing-125412

No doubt dilution is a concern, but regulation is approaching here. Along with it, we are told, more points being awarded next year for effective DMS. Big volumes approaching then.

Just looking at the EuroNCAP results again, from the last few days. Back to the Cupra Terramar. It received 0.3 / 2 (weak) for it's indirect DMS. Some of us believed this car was to come with direct DMS (in the mirror), based on utube videos. Pity it didn't.

The Geely EX5 on the other hand, comes with direct DMS and scores 1.5/2 (Good). I guess this is smarteye DMS (?), not a bad score.

Pity VW didn't go the extra mile, because they lose on points here for DMS.

I still think the stock can perform well, as GSR regulation approaches in Europe and the tech is installed across all passenger vehicles. I must confess to being confused as to what is happening in relation to Trucks, wondering if they receive the same treatment as passenger cars - with DMS installed during manufacture. SM capacity for Guardian is 9K per quarter, so they (or any other DMS provider) could surely never meet demand for any retro fit product for trucks.

I do hope the company look at moving us to a full UK listing as we move towards profitability. I get that management are no doubt v busy, but AIM is clearly a toilet.

Changing the subject a little. I see there is now an NCAP assessment for the 2025 Cupra Terramar. Despite seeing our DMS in this model on utube some months ago, it seems the DMS installed at present for the 2025 model is indirect (not eye& head tracking). It also has a pretty low score. Really disappointed if it is the case that VW have wrong footed us all again and delayed putting real DMS in to this model.

It's the swedish fanboy again. Who's got VW and BMW. Not SEYE or Tobi.

VW volumes are huge.

Don't know where Merc will go. SM in some of their higher end cars at moment, but don't know who will supply for GSR.

The NCAP guy, Richard Schram, during the Town Hall Q&A, was adamant the 2026 GSR legislation date would not move. If it does, I won't be blaming Trump!

Https://fordauthority.com/2025/03/ford-bluecruise-reaches-new-usage-milestone/

This tech would surely find it's way in to North America also. Will we see mandated DMS in North America under the current admin - I'm not so sure.

I guess this contract is perhaps for semi autonomous VW Group models from say 2027 or 2028? Meanwhile, magna do vanilla DMS across the group in the interim?

I can't see any offer being accepted for the company this year, when this tech is mandatory across Europe 2026 and is now considered 'recommended standard' in China. Also, how fast are level 2 cars going to grow in USA in the coming years. it's an unknown, but GM are targeting 720,000 cars on the road with super cruise by end of this year, up from the current 360,000.

Someone must have performed that role before, Timothy Edwards had up until 2021.

GM remain a customer, which is good. I'd seen it suggested before by someone on here that smarteye are perhaps in Chinese models? Someone else suggested we may have lost a customer (GM ?). Clearly that is not the case here.

Based on what exactly, current DMS installations? I don't think so.

There's not just the EU in play anyway, there's clearly a growing market for DMS in China as we've seen with some of the VW models for that market now incorporating the magna mirror.

Total sales for Tiguan L and Passat in china. Hopefully these are accurate!

https://www.chinamobil.ru/eng/cars/volkswagen/volkswagen-tiguan-l/sales/

https://www.chinamobil.ru/eng/cars/volkswagen/volkswagen-passat/sales/

Total VW Group passenger cars sold in china in 2023 was 2,383,703. That figure will be falling a bit, but not a bad total figure that

https://annualreport2023.volkswagen-group.com/divisions/volkswagen-group-china.html