Valeo is looking far for its LiDARs.
The French automotive supplier, leader in driving assistance systems, has just lifted the veil on the third generation of these infrared scanning scanners, capable of detecting shapes up to several hundred meters away and of reconstructing vehicle environment thanks to extremely fine three-dimensional resolution.
One more step towards autonomous driving.
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Thanks to these new systems, it will become possible to let your vehicle take control to drive at 130 km / h on the highway.
Until now, Valeo's LiDARs could provide autonomous driving at 60 km / h or in traffic jams.
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We are in the process of deploying our second generation LiDAR in series on the Honda Legend and the Mercedes Class S,
” recalls Geoffrey Bouquot, Valeo's director of research and development in charge of strategy.
We will have to wait until 2024 to see the first equipped vehicles on the road.
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