NOVA CAR #2: an open innovation lab

Innovation

NOVA CAR #2

Nova Car:

an open innovation lab

“Paving the Future”: Innovation is embedded in Novares’ DNA, it is contained in our group’s name; it is one of the principal vectors of our development alongside our acquisition strategy which today is placing us among the world’s 100 leading automotive suppliers.
But for us, the boldest innovation is not merely a dream, but a project. Nova Car showcases our promise to our customers, presenting the most advanced innovations and giving them the opportunity to try, touch and experience them for themselves.

To invent the vehicle of the future, Novares scouts in the Deep Tech innovation ecosystem to co-develop and invent new solutions for its customers that shift the way cars interact with passengers and their environment and are powered for greener mobility.

Our Innovation Commitment

NOVA CAR #2

24 innovations for the car of the future

Cleaner and highly connected, it provides intuitive driving assistance and offers passengers unique smart interfaces and greener experience.

Discover the 24 innovations co-developed with 10 startups and innovative companies and explore the car of tomorrow.

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NOVA ENGINE MOCK-UP

24 INNOVATIONS – 7 PRODUCT LINES

IMAGINE NEW USER INTERFACES AND CREATE A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL

INTERACT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND EXPLORE NEW CONNECTIONS

INTUITIVE & SAFE USER INTERFACE

TOUCH’N PLAY

Touch’n Play is a tactile screen with integrated shortcuts to provide all users with easy and rapid access to their favourite applications. The driver is not distracted by its use.

SCROLL’N FEEL

Scroll’N Feel offers several tactile functions with a single smart button; the haptic touch is adapted to each function for an advanced user experience. This technology enables drivers to avoid taking their eyes off the road.

SQUEEZE COMMAND

Squeeze Command replaces all door controls and buttons by an AI powered gesture recognition with haptic feedback. It makes it possible to add new functionalities without introducing new buttons.

MY FLEXVIEW

My FlexView is a personal tactile screen interface for each passenger. It provides access to a camera view of behind the car for safety, and various comfort information (ventilation, radio, air quality, etc.)

NOVAHANDLE SWIPE

Novahandle Swipe makes it possible to unlock your car as easily as a smartphone.

STEALTHY HANDLE

Stealthy Handle is an invisible tactile door handle which offers a brand new user interaction to access your car.

FLEXVIEW MAX

FlexView Max is based on two 12,1” curved OLCD displays, perfectly integrated into cockpit design and offering ideal and intuitive user interactions.
This concepts reduces the driver distraction with
– a lower 12.1” OLCD display, touch sensitive and with HD haptic feedbacks for touch interactions
– an upper 12’OLCD display ideally positioned in the line of sight to get the right information (vehicle speed, range, real time rear vision…) needed for a safe and pleasant driving.

NEW UX FOR HEALTH, WELLNESS, SAFETY & COMFORT

JUST BREATHE

Equipped with sensors, Just Breathe conducts an interior air quality analysis and detects pollution and bad smells. It then filters and processes the air in order to guarantee clean air.

SMART BREEZE

Smart Breeze is an intelligent, slim and automatic air register, that is perfectly integrated into the interior and offers an improved comfort experience for all passengers. Directly accessible via FlexView Max, it does not require any manual adjustment and enables drivers to remain focused on the road. Light strips indicate the air flow direction.

FLEXVIEW MIRROR

FlexView Mirror is a 3D OLCD display beautifully integrated into the vehicle interior which replaces the lateral rear view mirrors. This innovation could be extended with augmented reality to highlight blind spots or pedestrians.

ACOUSTIC WHEEL ARCH LINER

Reduces vehicle movement noise.

WATCH POD ON THE ROOF

Watch Pod on the Roof acts as a control tower with 5 cameras and 5 lidars to improve, from the top, what the car could “see” in order to improve ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and AD (Autonomous Driving) system integration and efficiency.

DROP IN CAR

Thanks to Drop in Car, the last mile delivery is no more an issue, you could get your parcel delivered in your car wherever it is at home, at work.

BRIGHT & SHADOW

The latest hallmark of the Electric Vehicle brand.

HYBRID COVER

Lightweight, cost effective and aesthetic cover to reduce engine noise.

ODOR DETECTION SENSOR

Unexpected emissions tracking via AI powered sensors for monitoring engine fluids or gas leakages and fire risks… with alarm systems in case of fire risk for example.