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I don't suppose Stellantis would have made this choice of Scala sight unseen, nor would they just take Valeo's word for it.
Stellantis would have done a million km testing, so Valeo must have produced engineering samples, and, given the size of the Stellantis vehicle portfolio, they will need to start ramping up production soonish.
... and let's not forget Mercedes and BMW:
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ollowing Mercedes’ announcement last December, BMW plans to offer Level 3 autonomy starting later this year [ref: June 14, 2022 07:39 AM]
with the next-generation 7 Series upper-premium sedan. Stellantis' collaboration with BMW continues a partnership between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (now part of Stellantis), Mobileye, Intel and BMW.
Valeo says it is the biggest player in automotive 3D scanning lidar systems, having so far produced and sold 170,000 integrated units. It will build its third generation Scala system in its factory in Wemding, Germany, near Munich. Valeo manufactures the hardware, software and associated AI for the system.
Valeo says the new generation of Scala lidar, which will be commercialized starting in 2024, offers 12 times better resolution, three times longer range -- able to visualize objects more than 200 meters away -- and a viewing angle that is 2.5 times wider than the current generation.
The French supplier expects a boom in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving in the coming years, and it says the automotive lidar market will quadruple between 2025 and 2030, eventually reaching a global total of 50 billion euros."
I wonder who Valeo uses for making the chips?