-One of many World’s Main Business Automobile Producers Transitions to Aeva 4D LiDAR Expertise to Allow Safer Autonomous Trucking
-Daimler Truck Represents the First Publicly Introduced High Automotive OEM Manufacturing Buyer of Aeva Atlas, Aeva’s Latest Automotive-Grade 4D LiDAR Designed for Mass Manufacturing
Aeva® (NYSE: AEVA), a frontrunner in next-generation sensing and notion techniques and Daimler Truck AG (“Daimler Truck”), one of many world’s main business car producers, introduced at this time that Daimler Truck has chosen Aeva because the provider of lengthy and ultra-long vary LiDAR for its sequence manufacturing autonomous business car program.
Underneath the manufacturing collaboration, Aeva will provide its newest Aeva Atlas™ automotive grade 4D LiDAR expertise to Daimler Truck and collaborate with Torc Robotics, Inc. (“Torc”), an impartial subsidiary of Daimler Truck, to allow SAE Degree 4 autonomous car capabilities starting with the Class 8 Freightliner Cascadia truck platform. Daimler Truck intends to combine the LiDAR sensors instantly in its manufacturing course of, making it straightforward for patrons to purchase autonomous prepared vans instantly out of its manufacturing vegetation with out the necessity for sensors to be retrofitted. Torc in flip will promote its digital driver expertise and supporting providers as a subscription to prospects. Torc’s driving software program will use Aeva’s notion software program, constructed round Aeva’s instantaneous velocity knowledge, to detect objects quicker, farther away, and with greater accuracy. The multi-year collaboration begins within the first quarter of 2024 with Aeva’s begin of manufacturing by 2026 and Daimler Truck’s manufacturing ramping up by 2027.
LiDAR is a key enabling expertise in autonomous driving. Whereas conventional LiDAR sensors use laser pulses to sense distances to things, Aeva’s distinctive Frequency Modulated Steady Wave (FMCW) 4D LiDAR expertise makes use of a low energy steady laser beam to concurrently measure vary and velocity for each level. This allows automobiles to unlock new ranges of security and automation by instantaneously discriminating between static and dynamic factors and figuring out the exact velocity of dynamic objects.
Joanna Buttler, Head of World Autonomous Expertise Group at Daimler Truck: “Daimler Truck is dedicated to main the trade’s development towards autonomous vans. Deciding on the fitting LiDAR expertise is a vital strategic determination to securely deploy autonomous vans on the street. We’re satisfied that Aeva with its innovative and dependable expertise is the fitting manufacturing associate for LiDAR sensors and has the manufacturing capabilities to scale together with us. At present’s announcement subsequently represents a key puzzle piece on our path in direction of commercialization. Along with Torc, we’re properly on observe to supply autonomous vans to the U.S. market by 2027.”
Peter Vaughan Schmidt, CEO at Torc Robotics provides: “Aeva is pioneering the commercialization of FMCW LiDAR expertise, a key differentiator for lengthy vary detection and object identification. This implies Torc’s digital driving software program can now depend on considerably greater decision in addition to farther and clearer detection of objects plus instantaneous velocity detection, that are essential to securely deploy autonomous vans at scale. We now have been working carefully with the Aeva workforce over the previous few years and we’re excited concerning the real-world efficiency that Aeva’s expertise has already demonstrated to assist us remedy a number of the most difficult highway-speed use instances.”
Daimler Truck and Torc have made vital progress in turning autonomous vans from an thought into actuality, operating intensive and profitable on street check applications in addition to first buyer pilots. To maximise the protection of autonomous vans, Daimler Truck and Torc’s vans are outfitted with sensor units from a mixture of three applied sciences, specifically state-of-the-art LiDAR, radar and digital camera expertise. This allows protected dealing with tailored to the respective scenario on highways, floor roads and ramps in addition to when turning at managed intersections.
The choice represents Aeva’s first main automotive OEM manufacturing design win and is the results of a number of years of in depth collaboration and qualification with Daimler Truck, Torc and Daimler Truck North America. As a direct provider to Daimler Truck, Aeva is positioned to be a Tier 1 provider to automotive OEMs globally.
“Daimler Truck is without doubt one of the most respected business car OEMs on the planet. Our partnership with Daimler Truck and Torc Robotics is trailblazing the following period of economic trucking, with protected, autonomous vans that may revolutionize the trade as we all know it,” stated Soroush Salehian, Co-Founder and CEO at Aeva. “We’re happy to be chosen for this main manufacturing provider award and it’s a testomony to the laborious work, innovation and tenacity of your complete Aeva workforce as we cross one other essential milestone in Aeva’s path to main the trade with our distinctive FMCW expertise and notion resolution.”
About Aeva Applied sciences, Inc. (NYSE: AEVA)
Aeva’s mission is to carry the following wave of notion to a broad vary of functions from automated driving to industrial robotics, shopper electronics, shopper well being, safety and past. Aeva is remodeling autonomy with its groundbreaking sensing and notion expertise that integrates all key LiDAR elements onto a silicon photonics chip in a compact module. Aeva 4D LiDAR sensors uniquely detect instantaneous velocity along with 3D place, permitting autonomous units like automobiles and robots to make extra clever and protected choices. For extra info, go to www.aeva.com, or join with us on X or LinkedIn.
About Daimler Truck
Daimler Truck Holding AG (“Daimler Truck”) is without doubt one of the world’s largest business car producers, with over 40 primary areas and greater than 100,000 workers across the globe. The founders of Daimler Truck have invented the trendy transportation trade with their vans and buses an excellent 125 years in the past. Unchanged to today, the corporate’s aspirations are devoted to at least one objective: Daimler Truck works for all who maintain the world transferring. Its prospects allow folks to be cellular and get items to their locations reliably, on time, and safely. Daimler Truck gives the applied sciences, merchandise, and providers for them to take action. This additionally applies to the transformation to CO2-neutral driving. The corporate is striving to make sustainable transport successful, with profound technological information and a transparent view of its prospects’ wants. Daimler Truck’s enterprise actions are structured in 5 reporting segments: Vehicles North America (TN) with the truck manufacturers Freightliner and Western Star and the college bus model Thomas Constructed Buses. Vehicles Asia (TA) with the FUSO, BharatBenz and RIZON business car manufacturers. Mercedes-Benz (MB) with the truck model of the identical title. Daimler Buses (DB) with the Mercedes-Benz and Setra bus manufacturers. Daimler Truck’s new Monetary Providers enterprise (DTFS) constitutes the fifth section, the product vary within the truck segments consists of gentle, medium and heavy vans for long-distance, distribution and building visitors and special-purpose automobiles used primarily within the municipal and vocational sector. The product vary of the bus section consists of metropolis buses, college buses and intercity buses, coaches and bus chassis. Along with the sale of recent and used business automobiles, the corporate additionally presents aftersales providers and connectivity options.
About Torc Robotics
Torc Robotics, headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia, is an impartial subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, a worldwide chief and pioneer in trucking. Based in 2005 on the delivery of the self-driving car revolution, Torc has over 18 years of expertise in pioneering safety-critical, self-driving functions. Torc presents a whole self-driving car software program and integration resolution and is at present specializing in commercializing autonomous vans for long-haul functions within the U.S. Torc operates check services in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and engineering workplaces in Austin, Texas; Stuttgart, Germany; and Montreal, Canada. Torc’s objective is driving the way forward for freight with autonomous expertise. Because the world’s main autonomous trucking resolution, we empower distinctive workers, ship a targeted, hub-to-hub autonomous truck product, and supply our prospects with the most secure, most dependable, and cost-efficient resolution to the market.
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