Velodyne Lidar Sensors Power NAVYA’s Autonomous, Driverless and Electric Shuttles
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Friday 13 March 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Velodyne Lidar, Inc.
today announced a multi-year sales agreement with NAVYA, a leading
company in autonomous driving systems. Since 2015, NAVYA has been using
Velodyne lidar sensors in production for its autonomous shuttle fleet
that provides mobility services to cities and private sites.
NAVYA plans
to pursue the worldwide expansion of its shuttle with Velodyne’s
state-of-the-art sensors for precise real-time localization and object
detection. The NAVYA autonomous shuttle fleet offers effective first-
and last-mile transportation solutions, with optimized navigation and
safety features. The shuttles use advanced guidance and detection
systems and are enhanced with deep learning technology.
“We are
continuing our partnership with Velodyne Lidar because their technology
enables us to place autonomous shuttles on the road today,” said Jérôme
Rigaud, COO, NAVYA. “Our successful five-year experience working with
Velodyne’s lidar solutions has proven that they provide a key component
in our sensor kit needed to help move our fleet to the mass deployment
stage.”
“NAVYA is at
the forefront of inventing and growing the autonomous shuttle business,
providing an innovative, clean mobility solution,” said Anand Gopalan,
CEO, Velodyne Lidar. “Their driverless shuttles demonstrate how Velodyne
lidar sensors provide robust data for safe, efficient navigation across
urban centers, hospitals, universities, industrial sites and more.”
About Velodyne Lidar
Velodyne
provides smart, powerful lidar solutions for autonomy and driver
assistance. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Velodyne is known
worldwide for its portfolio of breakthrough lidar sensor technologies.
Velodyne’s founder, David Hall, invented real-time surround view lidar
systems in 2005 as part of Velodyne Acoustics. Mr. Hall’s invention
revolutionized perception and autonomy for automotive, new mobility,
mapping, robotics, and security. Velodyne’s high-performance product
line includes a broad range of sensing solutions, including the
cost-effective Puck™, the versatile Ultra Puck™, the autonomy-advancing
Alpha Prime™, the ADAS-optimized Velarray™, and the groundbreaking
software for driver assistance, Vella™.
About NAVYA
NAVYA is a
leading French name in the autonomous driving systems. With 280
employees in France (Paris and Lyon) and in the United States
(Michigan), NAVYA aims at becoming the leading player for the supply of
autonomous driving systems for passenger and goods transport. Since
2015, NAVYA has been the first to market and put into service autonomous
mobility solutions. The AUTONOM® SHUTTLE, main development axis, was
launched in September 2015 and 160 units have been sold as of 31
December 2019, notably in the United States, France, Germany,
Switzerland, Japan and Australia. The AUTONOM® TRACT is dedicated to
goods transport. Created in 2014 with the support of Robolution Capital,
investment fund managed by 360 Capital Partners, his reference
shareholder, NAVYA’s shareholders also include the Gravitation fund and
Paris Region Venture Fund (Région Île-de-France) managed by Cap Decisif
Management as well as Valeo and Keolis groups.
NAVYA is listed on the Euronext regulated market in Paris (ISIN code: FR0013018041 – NAVYA).
For more information: www.navya.tech
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Contacts
Press contact Velodyne Lidar, Inc.
Landis Communications Inc.
Sean Dowdall
(415) 286-7121, velodyne@landispr.com
Press contact NAVYA
Matriochka Influences Agency
Marie-Philippine Méchet, +33 (0)6 60 65 20 65, marie-philippine.mechet@mtrchk.com
or Lisa Omara, +33 (0)6 52 25 07 66, lisa.omara@mtrchk.com
