PALO
ALTO, Calif., July 7, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Hesai Technology has just announced that it has
been selected to provide lidar units for several models of the SAIC
Motor Commercial Vehicle Division's OEM-installed project. The new
models will be equipped with Hesai's automotive-grade, ultra-high
resolution long-range lidar AT128.
These design wins are a part of the strategic cooperation
between Hesai, SAIC Commercial Vehicle Division, and UTOPILOT to
develop new intelligent driving technologies for consumer-facing
product implementations.
UTOPILOT is a tech company under the SAIC Group that focuses on
providing intelligent driving solutions for commercial vehicles. It
inherits over ten years of SAIC's accumulated intelligent driving
technology, supply chain advantages, and more than three years of
commercial operation expertise. Back in 2021, Hesai collaborated
with UTOPILOT to bring its high-performance lidar Pandar series to
the L4 intelligent heavy-duty truck, which has already achieved
semi-commercial operation at Shanghai Yangshan Port and
successfully transported over 100,000 standard containers in
2022.
For this SAIC cooperation, UTOPILOT has fully utilized its
advantages in full-stack, self-developed intelligent driving
technology and industry supply chain. The self-developed "Honghu"
intelligent driving platform is equipped with multiple sensors that
provide perception safety redundancy and complete decision-making
library for diverse scenarios. In addition, the "Honghu" platform
has already been installed in SAIC commercial vehicles. Hesai's
design win will be the first application of its AT128 lidar in
SAIC's commercial vehicle models, providing key perception data for
these intelligent driving systems.
Hesai's AT128 is an automotive-grade, ultra-high resolution
long-range lidar. With 128 independent VCSEL laser transmitters,
AT128 is able to achieve 1.53 million data points per second and a
detection range of 200 meters. Its ultra-high resolution point
cloud is at the forefront of the industry. AT128 has entered mass
production and delivery since 2022, and has already empowered
intelligent driving functionalities for multiple ADAS series
production vehicles on the market.
Rui Wang, CEO of UTOPILOT,
stated: "Hesai Technology is a leading automotive lidar
manufacturer and an important strategic partner of UTOPILOT. For
this project, Hesai's AT128 will be the primary sensor in the
'Honghu' intelligent driving platform. In the
future, the two companies hope to see further integration of their
software and hardware technologies to create new autonomous driving
solutions for a wider range of applications, meeting the diverse
demands of customers."
Yifan "David" Li, the CEO and Co-Founder of Hesai Technology,
stated: "SAIC Group is a leader in the automotive industry and
an early explorer of intelligent driving technology in China with deep expertise in research and
development. In the past two years, Hesai and UTOPILOT have
achieved outstanding results in the commercial operation of
intelligent heavy-duty trucks, and we are honored to further our
cooperation in the implementation of multiple intelligent driving
models in the SAIC Commercial Vehicle Division to bring consumers a
safer, smarter, and more diverse travel experience."
As a global leader in lidar solutions, Hesai has long been
providing safe and reliable lidar products. It holds hundreds of
patents worldwide and has broken industry records in lidar
integration, functional safety, and anti-interference technology.
With its innovative technology and industry-leading products, Hesai
has earned the trust of numerous OEMs and autonomous driving
companies worldwide, winning contracts with millions of lidar
units.
This collaboration demonstrates the acceleration of the
development of autonomous driving technology and the implementation
of multi-scene applications. In the future, both parties will
continue to deepen their expertise in their respective fields and
promote the automotive industry together towards a future of
intelligence and automation.
About Hesai
Hesai Technology (NASDAQ: HSAI) is the global leader in
three-dimensional light detection and ranging (LiDAR) solutions.
The Company's LiDAR products enable a broad spectrum of
applications across passenger and commercial vehicles with advanced
driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle fleets
(autonomous mobility). Hesai's technology also empowers robotics
applications such as last-mile delivery robots and logistics robots
in restricted areas. As of December 31,
2022, Hesai has shipped over 100,000 LiDAR units in total.
The Company's commercially validated solutions are backed by
superior research and development capabilities across optics,
mechanics, electronics, and software. Hesai integrates LiDAR
designs with an in-house manufacturing process, facilitating rapid
product development while ensuring high performance and consistent
quality. Hesai has established strong relationships with leading
automotive OEMs, autonomous vehicle, and robotics companies
worldwide, covering over 90 cities in 40 countries as of
December 31, 2022.
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