On December 30, Seyond, a global leader in high-performance LiDAR solutions, announced that it is showcasing its complete end-to-end LiDAR portfolio at CES 2026. It will feature its deployment-ready ultra-long-range, long-range, and fully solid-state sensing solutions for automotive applications.
Seyond will debut it

On December 24, Lidwave, in a social media post, announced that it will present Odem, the world’s first 4D LiDAR-on-a-chip, at CES 2026. Odem delivers a new level of performance and reliability by integrating the complete optical head on a single silicon photonics chip and enabling true 4D perception with velocity pe

On December 23, Innoviz Technologies Ltd. launched the InnovizThree LiDAR. InnovizThree was designed with slimmer dimensions and lower power consumption. InnovizThree will be demonstrated live for the first time at CES 2026. It has a superior long-distance accuracy and perception, with detection ranges extending beyo

On December 18, AEye, Inc., a leader in software-defined lidar solutions, and the manufacturer of the Apollo lidar sensor, announced that it will demonstrate the Apollo long-range sensing solution at CES 2026 from January 6 – 9, 2026.
AEye’s Apollo lidar sensor is a software-defined, long-range solution capable of d

On December 15, Volta Energy Solutions Canada (VESC) announced that it has been selected to receive CAD 194 (USD 40 million) from the Supply Chain Resilience Fund, under the Leading Company Supply Chain Resilience program hosted by the Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Volta Energy Solutions Canada is an overs

On December 17, Innoviz Technologies Ltd. announced its participation in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026, taking place from January 6-9 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Innoviz will present live demonstrations of its LiDAR technology including the new InnovizThree LiDAR, as well as the InnovizTwo LiDAR platform and In

On December 17, Aeva announced it will showcase a passenger OEM vehicle featuring windshield-integrated 4D LiDAR and debut a new 4D LiDAR sensor at CES 2026.
Aeva will highlight how its Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) perception platform is enabling advanced automation across automotive, robotics, factory

On December 15, Luminar Technologies, Inc. announced that it has initiated voluntary chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas to facilitate value-maximizing sale processes for its LiDAR business and for the equity of its Luminar Semiconductors. Inc. (LSI) subsidiary, which is

On December 2, Voyant Photonics announced new versions of its Carbon LiDAR platform, adding 32-line and 64-line variants designed to bring the power of FMCW sensing to even more compact, cost-sensitive, and compute-limited systems. The expanded Carbon product line will be showcased at CES 2026. The new versions offer

On December 5, Stellantis presented its advanced autonomous driving technologies in Brussels using two demo vehicles i.e., Peugeot e-2008 and 2018 Maserati Levante, at the Hi-Drive final event, Brussels.
Hi-Drive is Europe’s main project for improving automated driving. It aims to increase vehicles’ automation levels

Aeva has been chosen as the exclusive Tier-1 LiDAR supplier for a top European passenger car OEM’s global vehicle platform outside China, marking one of the company’s largest production awards to date. The multi-year program, which runs into the mid-2030s, will integrate Aeva’s Atlas Ultra 4D LiDAR across multiple ve

Innoviz Technologies Ltd. announced that Daimler Truck and its subsidiary, Torc Robotics, selected Innoviz as their short-range lidar supplier for the future series production of SAE Level 4 autonomous Class 8 trucks. Innoviz will supply its InnovizTwo Short-Range lidar sensors, integrating them into the autonomous F

Valeo completed an expansion project at the Wenling plant. Covering a floor area of approximately 16,200 square meters, the new plant has introduced China’s first wiper strip extrusion line and been upgraded with production lines for products such as wiper rear motors and camera and radar cleaning devices. The plant

ams-OSRAM AG (ams OSRAM) has introduced a new 5-junction edge-emitting laser that enhances the performance of LiDAR systems for the future of autonomous driving. It will be available globally in early 2026.
Compared to previous 3-junction lasers, it delivers higher optical peak power and greater range while consuming

On November 6, Aeva, a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, announced that funds managed by Apollo will invest USD 100 million in 4.375% Convertible Senior Notes to support Aeva’s growing commercial momentum and accelerate the adoption of FMCW 4D LiDAR.
Aeva is working on the next wave of percept

On November 6, California-based  AEye, Inc., a leader in software-defined lidar and creator of the high-performance Apollo sensor, announced a major acceleration of its growth strategy, driven by an expanded manufacturing engagement with LITEON Technology Corp. and strategic capital infusion from a global institution

International Motors, PlusAI, and NVIDIA are partnering to accelerate the development of Level 4 autonomous trucks using the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Hyperion platform. The collaboration combines International’s nearly 200 years of vehicle manufacturing expertise, PlusAI’s SuperDrive virtual driver technology trained on over

On October 21, Aptiv PLC announced its most advanced radar technology to date, engineered to meet the evolving demands of future advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). 
Powered by Aptiv’s proprietary antenna and silicon design, the Gen 8 radars deliver the class-leading performance and high-resolution sensing nee

Aeva Inc., a company focused on the development of next-generation sensing and perception systems, announced the release of AevaScenes, the first open dataset with synchronized, multi-sensor FMCW 4D lidar and camera data featuring object velocity measurements, semantic segmentation, tracking, and lane line annotation