Peugeot Hybrid Hypercar With Gentex Digital Vision System Ready for the 24 Hours of Le Mans
09 Junho 2023 - 9:00AM
Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX), an official supplier partner of
Peugeot Sport and leading provider of vision-related technologies
to the global automotive industry, has equipped Peugeot’s all-new
9X8 Hybrid Hypercar with an intelligent rear vision system designed
to optimize the vehicle’s rearward view during the upcoming 24
Hours of Le Mans and for the FIA World Endurance Championship.
With a focus on performance and safety, Peugeot
Sport and Gentex partnered to implement a state-of-the-art digital
rearview mirror that will enhance the driver's visibility and
situational awareness during the race. The system is an enhanced
racing version of Gentex’s Full Display Mirror (FDM), a digital
rearview mirror available on more than 90 passenger vehicles around
the world. The technology captures video from a rearward-facing
camera and streams it to a mirror-integrated LCD display, providing
drivers with a wide, unobstructed view behind the vehicle.
"The Gentex mirror has really changed the game for
us, especially in endurance racing in these closed-cockpit cars
that we have today,” said Gustavo Menezes, racing driver at Peugeot
Sport. “You always had cars in your blind spot and had to assume
when to leave the space. Now, fighting through traffic, the moment
you see the car that you’ve just overtaken in the Gentex display
mirror, you already know that you are clear and can move back to
the racing line.”
To highlight the benefits of a digital rear view,
Gentex and Peugeot Sport produced a short video featuring
interviews with driver Gustavo Menezes and François Coudrain, head
of powertrain for Peugeot Sport’s WEC program.
The passenger-vehicle version of the Gentex digital
rearview mirror offers bi-modal functionality. In mirror mode, the
product functions as a standard rearview mirror. But with the flip
of a lever, the mirror enters display mode, and a clear, bright,
LCD display appears through the mirror's reflective surface,
providing a wide, unobstructed rearward view.
The Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar is a high-performance racing car
designed to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).
This season, after a 12-year absence from the Le Mans 24 Hours, the
French carmaker is looking forward to following in the footsteps of
the brand’s famous endurance models, the Peugeot 905 and Peugeot
908, winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1992 and 1993, and in
2009 respectively.
The flagship race of the FIA WEC World Endurance Championship,
the 24 Hours of Le Mans, is one of the world’s oldest motor races
and is admired around the globe. Started in 1923 as a showcase for
car manufacturers to prove the durability of their vehicles in
competition it has become the ideal testing ground for a multitude
of technology developments which can be subsequently applied across
the motor industry. The century of the Le Mans 24 Hours race will
take place on 10 - 11 June 2023.
About Peugeot SportFor more than 10 years,
Peugeot Sport has been perfecting its mastery of Hybrid-Electric
technology in competition and on the road. After the 908 HY, 908
HYbrid4, 308 R Hybrid and 208 FE projects, neo-performance is now
available to everyone with the launch of the new PEUGEOT SPORT
ENGINEERED line, which will be supported from 2022 by a new World
Endurance Championship (WEC) program.
About GentexFounded in 1974, Gentex Corporation
(NASDAQ: GNTX) is a supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors
and electronics to the automotive industry, dimmable aircraft
windows for aviation markets, and fire protection products to the
fire protection market. Visit the company website at
www.gentex.com.
Gentex Media Contact |
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Peugeot Sport WEC media contact |
Craig Piersma |
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Justine MORICE |
(616) 772-1590 x4316 |
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+3376262287 |
craig.piersma@gentex.com |
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justine.morice@external.stellantis.com |
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