DVN is editing every 6 months a market report for his community, which is free of charge for the DVN members.
It includes some specific reports from DVN on markets or technologies, but also interesting interviews to understand the key factors and trends of different regions or technologies
In this June 2026 DVN – Market Report, you will find the following inputs
- DVN Market report on NOA – Navigation on Autopilot (author Luc Bourgeois with the support of i4Research)
- DVN Special report / EAC Intelligent Driving Conference (author Dr Jürgen Dickmann)
- LiDAR Growth Accelerates as Non-Automotive Markets Take Off (author Alain Servel)
- Lidar FMCW Technology, the next step ? (interview by Lidar Insiders)
Contact for members and non-members:
eamiot@drivingvisionnews (general editor / DVN Sensing & Applications)
1. China: Highway & City NOA (L2+/L2++): The Evolution of Assisted Driving Toward Intelligent Driving
By Luc Bourgeois is a Senior advisor at DVN (Driving Vision News), and former Expert leader for ADAS/AD Systems and Software at Renault.
This paper has been written with the cooperation of i4 Research which is a Chinese start-up analyzing the performance of car models launched in China with NOA features (Navigation On Autopilot). I4Research works very closely to the OEMs and is well aware of the development and maturity of the NOA market.
Contact DVN: lbourgeois@drivingvisionnews
Contact i4Research: [email protected]
2. DVN Special Report / EAC26 in Shanghai: Scale, Sensors, Robotics and the Next Phase of Automated Driving
By Dr. Juergen Dickmann, DVN Senior Advisor and former Global Head of Radar at Mercedes-Benz
EAC 2026 showed how China is connecting ADAS, automated driving, sensing, robotics, AI, validation and industrial scale into one fast-moving technology ecosystem.
For me, EAC 2026 in Shanghai was a special conference in more than one way. I attended not only as a visitor and reporter for DVN, but also as an active contributor: DVN was co-sponsor of the Intelligent Driving Conference with Enmore, and I had the opportunity to give a keynote as DVN Senior Advisor and former Global Head of Radar at Mercedes-Benz.
3. CHINA: LiDAR Growth Accelerates as Non-Automotive Markets Take Off
By Alain Servel / DVN Senor Advisor, former ADAS expert @ Stellantis
LiDAR installations in China’s passenger-vehicle market exceeded 1.3 million units in the first four months of 2026. Beyond automotive, robotics and other non-vehicle applications are becoming an important growth driver. The industry is therefore moving on two tracks: continued expansion in cars and faster volume growth in emerging non-automotive markets.
Top Two Lead as Challengers Focus on Niches
China’s automotive LiDAR market is now clearly structured, according to installation data for the first four months of 2026. Hesai leads with 456,986 units and a 35.0% share, followed by Huawei with 398,057 units and 30.5%. Together, the two companies account for 65.5% of installations, confirming a strong duopoly. Seyond and RoboSense rank third and fourth, with 15.8% and 12.8% respectively, while all other suppliers share the remaining 5.8%.
4. LIDAR TECHNOLOGY: FMCW, the next step ?
By LIDAR Insiders / Exclusive Interview with Dr Jürgen Dickmann, DVN Senior Advisor, Former Global Radar Head of Mercedes-Benz
Recently, LiDAR Insiders conducted an exclusive interview with Dr. Juergen Dickmann, DVN Sensing Senior Consultant / former Senior Head of Autonomous Driving Sensing and Global Radar Head at Mercedes-Benz. With nearly 40 years of R&D experience in radar and autonomous driving perception, Dr. Dickmann is a pioneer who advanced the application of AI in automotive radar and evolved radar from a simple ranging tool to a system capable of comprehensive environmental perception. He led the development and deployment of radar and LiDAR across all Mercedes-Benz vehicle models, took an active part in Bosch’s autonomous driving projects, and carried out radar and perception technology cooperation with companies including NVIDIA.
In this exclusive interview, Dr. Dickmann shared authoritative on-the-ground insights on core industry topics, including debates over LiDAR technical routes, selection criteria adopted by international OEMs, challenges facing Chinese enterprises going global, and cross-industry applications of embodied intelligence.
Notably, as a veteran expert who led multiple generations of Lidar solutions in the Time-of-Flight (ToF) era, he showed strong interest in Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) LiDAR and explicitly identified it as one of the key directions for the next evolution of LiDAR technology. After the interview, the team of LiDAR Insiders accompanied him to visit two FMCW LiDAR manufacturers: Xiangzhi Technology and Moresense.
