Automotive Engineering - February 2022 - 20

Lidar tech illuminates CES 2022
The Innoviz360 uses a new single laser, detector and custom
processing chip.
Luminar announced its lidar sensors will be standard equipment on Volvo's new
line of EVs.
for use in AVs, smart mobility and industrial automation. The company
said once production starts it will be able to produce lidar
sensors in high volume, reaching 100,000 units per year. The Falcon
system is an image-grade lidar with a detection range of more than
500 meters (1640 feet), and the company said it can be customized
and integrated into any consumer vehicle. The lidar is scheduled for
delivery in early 2022 and Chinese electric automaker NIO is using
the Falcon Lidar as the standard configuration for its flagship ET7
autonomous sedan. The Robin system is a short-to-midrange lidar
that's 1.3 in. (35 mm) high, a compact and lightweight form factor
featuring low power consumption. Innovusion said the Robin sensor
can be integrated onto a vehicle's fenders, headlights, rear lights or
bumpers to provide 360-degree vehicle coverage.
Quanergy's M-series 3D lidar will be used on EV charging robots
in South Korea.
its next-generation sensors at CES, the lower-cost
InnovizTwo and the Innoviz360. The InnovizTwo is slated
to be produced in 2023 and has a single laser, detector
and MEMS unit, which the company said will reduce the
sensor's cost by 70%. The Innoviz360 uses most of the
hardware from the InnovizTwo including the new single
laser, detector and custom processing chip but contains
a different beam-steering system.
Innovusion
At CES, Innovusion revealed production-ready versions
of its Falcon and Robin lidar sensors designed
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Lumotive and ZKW Group
In another nod to integrating lidar sensors into vehicles in a low-key
configuration, at CES lidar maker Lumotive and lighting systems and
electronics developer ZKW Group unveiled a golf-ball-sized lidar that
fits inside a vehicle headlight. The concept couples Lumotive's compact,
solid-state M30 lidar with ZKW's innovative vehicle lighting,
while Lumotive said its Light Control Metasurface solid-state beam
steering chip reduces complexity, cost and size of its lidar systems. It
added that the use of LCM chips eliminates the need for large mechanical
moving parts of traditional lidar sensors and enables what it
calls the industry's first " software-defined " lidar, allowing the lidar
scan pattern, frame rate and resolution to be customized for specific
use cases in real time.
Luminar
Luminar announced at CES that its lidar sensors will be standard
equipment in Volvo's new line of electrified vehicles that also will be
capable of autonomous highway driving via the automaker's Ride
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