In what is being billed as the world’s first solid-state lidar mass production agreement with a Chinese automaker, last week LiangDao Intelligence established a strategic coöperation agreement with Great Wall Motor and German lidar experts Ibeo Automotive Systems. Great Wall have chosen Ibeo as the lidar supplier and LiangDao for validation services to support Great Wall’s mass production.
– Ibeo Automotive Systems specialise in automotive lidar sensor technology; they’re located in Hamburg, Germany.
– LiangDao Intelligence are a testing and evaluation service provider aimed at shepherding L3-L5 AD into mass production. They offer expertise in lidar and multi-sensor fusion technologies.