Aeva has announced a collaboration with Bendix, focusing on the development of next-generation active safety and collision mitigation solutions for Class 8 trucks.
Bendix Fusion, the company’s advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), is available on most major Class 8 OEM platforms. Through this collaboration, Bendix and Aeva aim to integrate cost-effective sensing and perception solutions, leveraging Aeva’s 4D lidar technology and perception software into Bendix’s future active safety systems. Together, the companies aim to enable advanced SAE Level 2+ (L2+) safety capabilities to address critical use cases such as pedestrian automatic emergency braking (PAEB) and night-time collision mitigation.
“This collaboration with Bendix brings Aeva’s 4D lidar into one of the most impactful commercial vehicle safety markets in North America, and is an indication of 4D lidar’s maturity and flexibility for high-volume active safety applications beyond autonomy,” said Soroush Salehian, the co-founder and CEO of Aeva. “We believe by combining our technology with Bendix’s market-leading active safety platform, we have an opportunity to help deliver safer, more reliable solutions that potentially help address some of the most pressing challenges on our roadways.”
“Our collaboration with Aeva opens an exciting new chapter for the commercial vehicle marketplace,” said Mike Tober, chief technology officer at Bendix. “We see Aeva’s 4D lidar as an enabling technology offering the long-range performance, high resolution and instant velocity data we believe are needed to expand the capabilities of our future systems, particularly for challenging scenarios like pedestrian detection and night-time operation.”
In related news, AEye has announced that its Apollo lidar units have been selected by a major transportation OEM, representing a potential revenue opportunity of US$30m or more over the next 24 to 36 months