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While the digital CES won’t be able to replicate the Las Vegas tech extravaganza of past years, there should still be plenty to watch for at the online-only CES 2021 next week. CES organization held a Tech Trends conference end of October, and several announcements since gave us some solid hints on what would be…
«Following the acquisition of Mentor Graphics by Siemens in 2017, Mentor will now officially become Siemens EDA, Electronic Design Automation, a part of Siemens Digital Industries Software, effective January 2021. «Our combined and integrated technologies now establish Siemens as the global leader in industrial software, positioning us to not only offer a comprehensive portfolio of…
Teledyne Technologies will pick up a defence systems business by buying noted thermal sensor and camera maker FLIR in a deal worth USD $8bn. The transaction, half in cash and half in shares, has the support of both companies and is expected to be completed in the middle of the year. Teledyne’s Executive Chairman…
Sense Photonics have demonstrated their new shutter flash lidar’s industry-first 200-metre detection distance.The Sense system leverages the company’s proprietary emitter and SPAD sensor technologies. Sense Silicon, a backside illuminated CMOS SPAD device with more than 140 kilopixels, is designed to work seamlessly with the Sense Illuminator, a distributed 940-nm laser array of more than 15,000 VCSELs.…
Canadian auto supplier Magna said last week, it would work with Fisker to develop ADAS for the EV maker’s Ocean SUV, expected to launch in late 2022. The ADAS technology will use digital imaging radar technology in addition to cameras and ultrasonic sensors, Magna said in a statement. The supplier said the ADAS package includes…
Veoneer estimates its current total order book value for full year 2020 to be approximately $14 billion. During 2020, Veoneer divested its brake control business with an estimated order book value of around $4 billion, which is excluded from the current estimate. Reductions in the expectations for the global light vehicle production until 2025 further reduced…
In Japan, Valeo have been testing a self-driving system with a combination of three dimensional maps and information gained from communications between the vehicle and traffic lights. The tests got under way in 2019, and focus on lidar. Valeo seek to assess the capability and reliability of their own lidar technology as part of efforts…
Aeva, a laser sensor startup founded by two ex-Apple engineers, have got a USD $200m investment boost from a Hong Kong-based hedge fund, ahead of their public listing via a reverse merger.The funding, from Sylebra Capital Management, is expected to boost the total proceeds from Aeva’s planned deal with InterPrivate Acquisition to $563m. The deal…
Kyle Vogt, the co-founder, CTO, and President of Cruise, General Motors’ majority-owned AV subsidiary, is predicting consolidation of the lidar industry, especially amongst companies he considers over-valued, that have gone (or will go) public via deals with blank-checque organisations known as SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies). Vogt cited companies that have recently “SPAC’d” or have…
China’s new-vehicle sales dipped 1.9% to 25.27 million last year, according to a preliminary tally the China Association of Automobile Manufacturer released Wednesday. Demand for new commercial vehicles such as trucks and buses jumped 18%. But deliveries of new light vehicles including sedans, crossovers, SUVs, multipurpose vehicles and minibuses fell 6% percent, the group estimates. …
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