Ideal and Velodyne partner on automotive-grade hybrid solid-state lidar technology.

On July 9th, based on the automotive-grade hybrid solid-state lidar, Hesai Technology and Ideal Automotive reached a cooperation.

Based on Hesai’s latest generation of automotive-grade hybrid solid-state lidar, the two parties will carry out a series of cooperation including the integration solution of passenger car lidar system, the test and evaluation system of lidar reliability and functional safety under complex weather and working conditions, and the highly automated manufacturing test system based on automotive industry standards.

Hesai Technology CEO Li Yifan, Ideal Automotive CTO Wang Kai and others attended the cooperation signing ceremony. The two sides had in-depth exchanges on the latest developments of lidar in advanced driver assistance, the evolution direction of autonomous driving for the new generation of intelligent vehicles, and how to jointly create safer and more efficient autonomous driving solutions.

In the second half of this year, Ideal’s X01 model will be equipped with lidar. Will it be Hesai’s hybrid solid-state lidar?

🔗Information source: Hesai Technology

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