Dublin, June 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global and China Automotive LiDAR Industry Report, 2021" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

At the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, Huawei shocked all automakers and suppliers. Huawei has directly and indirectly supported more than 10,000 engineers in the R&D of intelligent automobiles. Except production, Huawei covers almost all of aspects required for digital transformation of automobiles: automotive perception and decision-making, network communications, electric drive, batteries, electric control, cloud-road networks outside vehicles, R&D and marketing.

Compared with the previous R&D investment involved with 1,000 persons (such as Baidu), Huawei's R&D team consisting of 10,000 persons has greatly accelerated the upgrade pace of intelligent networking of China's auto industry. When other countries around the world are still worrying about the pandemic, China will enter the era of leading the development of global automotive intelligent networking from 2021.

Take LiDAR installation as an example, the new models with LiDAR mainly come from domestic automakers.

On April 14, Xpeng's third mass production car, the P5, was launched. The biggest highlight is that it is equipped with two DJI Livox LiDARs, which can realize the NGP function on urban roads. Following NIO ET7, Great Wall Mocha, IM and SAIC ES33, P5 is another new model equipped with LiDAR.

On April 17, the ARCFOX Alpha S Huawei HI equipped with three Huawei's 96-channel LiDARs (installed on the center and both sides of the front) was officially unveiled; later, Changan's model based on the Ark architecture will also be equipped with Huawei's LiDAR.

The second model of Lixiang will also be equipped with LiDAR.

After years of development, automotive LiDAR technology roadmaps and products have been quite diversified. ResearchInChina has sorted out classification and composition of LiDAR, as shown in the figure below.

Early, LiDAR was mainly used in Robotaxi, Robotruck, Robobus, low-speed autonomous driving and roadside perception, etc. in small scale. The extensive application of LiDAR depends on the passenger car market.

As L4 technical solutions are gradually applied to L2-L3 models, LiDAR has been installed widely. LiDAR is currently available on production cars, and is mainly used to enhance ADAS functions and make new cars more appealing.

So far, domestic OEMs prefer to adopt hybrid solid-state LiDAR (including rotating mirror, prism, MEMS) solutions, mainly because:

• First, it is easier to reduce the costs of hybrid solid-state LiDAR than mechanical LiDAR. Compared with pure solid-state (OPA, Flash) LiDAR, hybrid solid-state LiDAR technology is relatively mature and easier to commercialize.

• Second, the Rotating Mirror Solution (represented by Valeo) is the first technical solution that meets National Automotive Standards and the performance requirements of automakers, and can be supplied in batches with controllable costs.

• Xpeng P5 is equipped with two LiDARs (installed on both sides of the front bumper) from DJI Livox Horiz (customized version), which use the dual prism scanning solution, with the maximum detection distance of 150m (@10% reflectivity), the lateral field of view of 120 degrees, the angular resolution of 0.16*0.2, and the point cloud density equivalent to 144-channel LiDAR.

• Xpeng Livox LiDAR uses 905nm wavelength at the transmitting side, APD at the receiving side, and double prism at the scanning side, namely Risley prism universal pointing system, with a unique non-repetitive scanning method.

• ARCFOX Alpha S Huawei HI is the first model equipped with Huawei's three 96-channel LiDARs on the center and both sides of the front. Released in December 2020, the LiDAR has the maximum detection distance of 150m (@10% reflectivity), the field of view of 12025, and the resolution of 0.250.26.

• Combined with other sensors (6 radars, and 13 cameras and 12 ultrasonic radars), the LiDARs can achieve 360 coverage.

• Huawei deploys long, medium and short-range LiDARs with a rotating mirror scanning architecture. Like Valeo Scala 1, Scala 2, the LiDARs comply with National Automotive Standards and are available on cars.

• In addition to Huawei and Valeo, Innovusion and Luminar adopt similar technical solutions which however exploit two-axis rotating mirror scanning. They will soon conduct mass production for NIO ET7 and SAIC R ES33.

• Luminar LiDAR features unique technical advantages: 1550nm wavelength (mainstream: 905nm) at the transmitting side, the low-cost InGaAs detector at the receiving side, self-made fourth-generation custom ASIC chips, and a 2D rotating mirror scanning method.

• Luminar's Iris LiDAR based on this architecture has a detection distance of up to 250m (@5% reflectivity), and can detect dark objects on the road beyond 250m, with the resolution of up to 300PPD and the angular resolution of 12030. At the same time, it has low costs. The price of IRIS for L2 advanced assisted driving is US$500; for L4/L5autonomous driving, it is less than US$1,000.

• Innovusion and Luminar are alike in technology path. Both use 1550nm wavelength, fiber laser, and dual-axis rotating mirror scanning solution.

• In January 2021, NIO ET7 was released, equipped with Innovusion's Falcon LiDAR. It will be mass-produced in 2022Q1.

• In addition, RoboSense's MEMS LiDAR - RS-LiDAR-M1 will soon be carried on Lucid Air. RoboSense released the RS-LiDAR-M1 SOP in January 2021, and will start mass production and delivery of the designated project in 2021Q2.

• This product adopts RoboSense's patented MEMS technology, with the farthest detection distance of 200m (150m@10%), the field of view of 12025, and the resolution of 0.2x0.2.

• In addition to RoboSense, players using MEMS technical solution include Innoviz, AEye, Pioneer, HESAI, Leishen Intelligent Systems, Zvision, etc. The third-generation product of Valeo's is also based on MEMS technology.

• Innoviz's InnovizOne will be installed on the new BMW iX in 2021; Valeo MEMS is expected to see mass production around 2022.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Overview of LiDAR
1.1 Introduction to LiDAR
1.2 Composition of LiDAR
1.3 Ranging Principle of LiDAR
1.4 Classification of LiDAR
1.4.1 Mechanical type
1.4.2 Semi Solid State: MEMS
1.4.3 Pure Solid State: OPA
1.4.4 Pure Solid State: Flash
1.4.5 FMCW LiDAR
1.4.6 Comparison of LiDAR Technologies
1.5 Main Technical Parameters of LiDAR
1.6 LiDAR Industry Chain
1.6.1 Upstream
1.6.2 Downstream

2. LiDAR Market and Trends
2.1 Application Fields
2.1.1 ADAS and Autonomous Driving Are the Core Application Fields of LiDAR
2.1.2 ADAS
2.1.3 Robotaxi
2.1.4 Robotruck
2.1.5 Robobus
2.1.6 Unmanned Delivery
2.1.7 Roadside Perception
2.2 Technology and Trends
2.2.1 Core LiDAR Technology
2.2.2 Technical Solutions of Major Enterprises
2.2.3 Comparison between Core Products and Technical Solutions of Major Enterprises
2.2.4 Rotating Mirror/Prism Technology and Application
2.2.5 MEMS Scanning Technology and Application
2.2.6 Progress of VCSEL+ SPAD Technology
2.2.7 Progress of FMCW Technology
2.3 Companies and Products
2.3.1 Massive Companies, Intensified Industrial Integration
2.3.2 Reverse Takeover of Multiple Companies
2.3.3 Financing Has Become the Common Means of Subsistence for Companies
2.3.4 OEM Mass Production Cooperation Is Accelerating, and Local Vendors Are Particularly Prominent
2.3.5 Lower Price Helps LiDAR Installation
2.3.6 Mechanical LiDAR Enterprises and Products
2.3.7 Semi-solid-state LiDAR Enterprises and Products
2.3.8 Solid-state LiDAR Enterprises and Products
2.3.9 FMCW Enterprises and Products

3. Global LiDAR Vendors
3.1 Velodyne
3.2 Luminar
3.3 Innoviz
3.4 Aeva
3.5 Ouster
3.6 Ibeo
3.7 Valeo
3.8 LeddarTech
3.9 Innovusion
3.10 AEye
3.11 Quanergy
3.12 Cepton
3.13 Blickfeld
3.14 Insight LiDAR
3.15 Sense Photonics
3.16 Waymo
3.17 Mobileye
3.18 Aurora
3.19 Bosch
3.20 Continental
3.21 Aptiv
3.22 Veoneer
3.23 Xenomatix
3.24 Opsys
3.25 Infoworks
3.26 Others
3.26.1 SiLC Technologies
3.26.2 Bridger Photonics
3.26.3 Baraja
3.26.4 Pioneer
3.26.5 Cruise
3.26.6 ZF
3.26.7 LightWare

4. Chinese LiDAR Vendors
4.1 HESAI
4.2 RoboSense
4.3 Huawei
4.4 DJI Livox
4.5 Leishen Intelligent Systems
4.6 Zvision
4.7 Benewake
4.8 SureStar
4.9 Wanji Technology
4.10 Litra
4.11 Lorentech
4.12 Liushen Optoelectronics
4.13 Richbeam
4.14 Tanway
4.15 GeniusPros Technologies
4.16 AODTBJ
4.17 LuminWave
4.18 Senfoto

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