Aeva Reveals First 4D LiDAR on Chip for Autonomous Driving and Vote of Confidence from VW Group with Porsche SE Investment
Summary
Aeva’s 4D LiDAR-on-chip significantly reduces the size and power of the device by orders of magnitude while achieving full range performance of over 300m for low reflective objects and the ability to measure instant velocity for every point-- a first for the autonomous vehicle industry. “ One of the biggest roadblocks to bringing autonomous vehicles to the mainstream has been the lack of a high-performance and low-cost LiDAR that can scale to millions of units per year,” said Soroush Salehian, Co-Founder of Aeva. Aeva’s LiDAR is also free from interference from other sensors or sunlight and it operates at only fractions of the optical power typically required to achieve such long range performance, increasing the factor of safety and scalability for autonomous driving. Aeva also differs from other FMCW approaches in its unique ability to provide multiple millions of points per second for each beam, resulting in ultra high fidelity data that has been unprecedented until today. Aeva will unveil Aeries at CES 2020 from January 7-10 at Las Vegas Convention Center (Booth 7525 located at Tech East, North Hall).