Marelli, a mobility technology supplier to the automotive sector, and Hesai Group, a global leader in automotive-grade lidar announced a collaboration to integrate Marelli’s headlamp design with Hesai’s next-generation lidar technology.
This unique integration seamlessly blends Hesai’s new ATX lidar into Marelli’s premium automotive lighting solution providing optimal object detection and enhancing overall vehicle safety, without impacting vehicle aesthetics or aerodynamics, at affordable costs. The ATX lidar is a compact and highly customizable long-range sensor specifically designed for automotive applications. Compared to the previous generation product, the new ATX has achieved a significant volume reduction of nearly 60%, which makes it much easier to integrate into the headlamp.
“Co-creating innovative solutions with our customers or partners is at the core of Marelli’s approach to driving the future of mobility. This collaboration with Hesai exemplifies our design-led innovation model perfectly” said David Fan, EVP and President of China, Marelli.
“By combining our expertise in headlamp design with Hesai’s industry-leading lidar safety technology, we have co-created a truly integrated solution that elevates safety, and style and simplifies option management for future vehicles” stated Peter Cao, Head of Marelli Automotive Lighting & Sensing business in APAC.
“The collaboration between Hesai and Marelli signifies a major step forward in the development and adoption of lidar technology for the automotive industry,” said David Li, Co-founder, and CEO of Hesai. “This groundbreaking headlamp-lidar integration paves the way for automotive OEMs to improve vehicle safety in a wide range of models by adding powerful lidar technology without sacrificing vehicle design and for a safer future where intelligent driving systems can be offered as part of nearly any vehicle.”