The USA is leading the global lidar business, but the US automotive lidar companies—Cepton, Luminar, AEye, and Aeva—are lagging behind strong competitors like Hesai, Robosense, and Valeo. Some of the American outfits are restructuring, as we cover in this newsletter’s Business Newsbites. Some have phased out of the automotive business altogether, and others do not have a mature technology.
One reason: the lidar market in the US is too small. Will that change any time soon? Maybe, with NHTSA’s new rule requiring accurate pedestrian-detection after dark. Help could also come from the robotaxis market, which is slowly moving forward—find more details in the Business Newsbites. China is moving fast on AVs and Robotaxis (16.000 AVs test permits released), as you’ll read in the AD Newsbites.
In this newsletter we also bring you an interview with Renesas, who are now targeting fusion systems including lidar applications, and we’ve also got a preliminary docket for our 2024 DVN Lidar Conference.
Forthcoming DVN-Lidar 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 30th newsletter!
All best,
Alain Servel
DVN LIDAR ADVISOR