Ibeo's LiDAR systems to provide higher autonomy to autonomous vehicles - Geospatial World

Germany's Ibeo Automotive Systems, which specializes in lidar systems for autonomous driving, has signed a contract to provide China's Great Wall Motor Company (GWM) with its latest solid-state design. Ibeo said that it has commissioned key partner ZF Friedrichschafen – which in 2016 acquired a major stake in Ibeo – to produce the sensors and control unit for the "Level 3" system, which will provide partial autonomy. GWM has contracted one of its own subsidiaries to develop the system, which will be based around vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) produced by Austria's AMS. Ibeo points out that, after signing a letter of intent in 2019, it has already been in pre-development with GWM for a year. Officially, the project started with the signing of an additional contract by the two parties last month.