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According to foreign media reports, AEVA has released the next generation FMCW lidar system aeries, which integrates all key components of lidar sensors into a micro photon chip. The size and energy consumption of AEVA's 4D lidar chip system have been greatly reduced, while the range has been greatly improved. It can detect low reflectivity objects beyond 300 meters and measure the instantaneous speed of each point, which is the first time in the automotive industry. In addition, the price of the lidar chip system is less than $500, while the current market price of lidar sensors is usually as high as tens of thousands of dollars. (photo source: Business Wire) Aeva co-founder Soroush Salehian said, "one of the biggest obstacles to making autopilot cars mainstream is the lack of high-performance, low-cost laser radars. We think the way to solve this problem is to build a unique silicon level lidar chip sensor system. " Unlike other lidar technologies, AEVA's 4D lidar chip system can measure the instantaneous velocity of every point of an object 300 meters away. The lidar is not interfered by other sensors or sunlight, and its power consumption is far lower than other same-sex products, so it improves the safety and scalability of automatic driving. In addition, unlike other FMCW methods, AEVA's lidar can provide millions of points per second for each beam of light, thus generating ultra-high fidelity data. "Not all FMCW lidars are the same," said Mina Rezk, AEVA's co-founder. The key advantage of our method is to break the dependence between maximum detection distance and point density, which has been one of the obstacles of TOF and FMCW lidar. Our 4D lidar integrates multiple beams into a single chip, each of which can measure more than 2 million points 300 meters away per second. " Recently, Porsche SE, VW's largest shareholder, has invested heavily in the company, its only investment in lidar technology. The investment expands the existing partnership between AEVA and the autonomous driving sector. Alex hitzinger, senior vice president of auto driving and CEO of auto driving, Volkswagen Group, said, "we have made a close inspection of the market and fully believe in AEVA's 4D laser mine chip system. The Aeva solution solves the perceived bottleneck of self driving vehicles, thus promoting the large-scale promotion of self driving cars. We plan to use AEVA's 4D lidar for Volkswagen ID buzz AV, which is scheduled to be launched in 2022 / 2023. " AEVA's next generation 4D lidar system, aeries, has a 120 degree field of view and is only half the size of AEVA's first generation products. Aeries meets the final production requirements for autonomous robotic taxis and mass ADAS customers, and will be used for vehicle development in the first half of 2020.