Volkswagen Bolsters Future in EV, to Integrate Aeva's Novel LiDAR System

摘要

Volkswagen (VW) AG of Germany has invested in Aeva Inc., a U.S. startup developing vision sensors for autonomous driving vehicles. Aeva's newly developed single-chip light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor is expected to be on an electric vehicle planned for release by VW in 2022. Headquartered in Mountain View in California, Aeva was founded in 2017 by former Apple Inc. and Nikon Corp. engineers. Aeva has recently developed a single-chip LiDAR for autonomous driving vehicles using signal processing technology called frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar technology. tens of thousands of dollars. Nonetheless, prices of LiDARs, which used to cost US$75,000 in 2011, have already dropped to US$7,500 by now.