Here you see the Aito M7, a car from Huawei and Seres, equipped with a lidar on the roof. All Aito models have Huawei lidar.
Is Lidar growth in China linked to some key new feature like ACC for front radars in the past? No, not really. So then why is lidar so important and successful in the Chinese market? Well, because a lidar conspicuously on the roof means everyone can see you’re driving a smart car, which means it has navigation-on-autopilot and other new features. Still, Huawei is strongly promoting the safety benefit of lidar, which allows the fast creation of a good, performant system. Compare that with Tesla, whose owner Elon Musk calls lidar “doomed” and “a technology for losers”, and equips his cars with a vision-only system which requires millions and millions of recordings to achieve decent safety performance (sort of, maybe one day…so far no luck).
In this edition, we bring you our reportage on the EAC Lidar Tech Expo, co-organized by DVN, and the DVN visit to Robosense in Shenzen.
And you’ll find the preliminary docket for our next event in Detroit, on 12 September.
Next DVN – Events 2024
- Deep Dive 3 workshop in Detroit (12 September)
- Lidar Conference in Wiesbaden (18-19 November)
We’re ever so glad you’re here with us in the DVN-Lidar community. Enjoy this 28th newsletter!
All best,
Alain Servel
DVN LIDAR ADVISOR