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Lidar ventures one-way technology re-investment!
According to the news of Chedong on March 10, Tianyancha APP data shows that on March 8, Beijing Yijing Technology Co., Ltd. underwent industrial and commercial changes, adding shareholders Baidu (China) Co., Ltd., Beijing Guoqi Intelligent Network Automobile Industry Investment Center (limited partnership), etc., while the company's registered capital increased to about 3.2992 million yuan.
According to the industrial and commercial change information, it is clear that Baidu and Guoqi have quietly injected capital into this traffic company that is hot on the vehicle-level MEMS lidar track, but as of now, Yijing Technology has not given an official response.
Just on January 10 this year, Yijing Technology just announced the completion of hundreds of millions of yuan Pre-C round of financing. The last round of financing was led by Xiaopeng Automobile, and SAIC Motor's Shangyi Capital, Dongfeng Bank of Communications Automobile Fund and old shareholder Intel Capital continued to raise bets.
In just two months, Yijing Technology has ushered in a new round of investment, which is enough to explain the current hot trend of lidar on the automotive track, and both new car manufacturers and traditional car companies and autonomous driving companies are paying close attention to the killer skill of lidar.
First, the main MEMS LiDAR has reached cooperation with a number of track car companies
The main product of Yijing Technology is MEMS lidar, which is a sensor that uses lasers to achieve 3-dimensional spatial imaging, and is one of the most core sensors in autonomous vehicles.
It uses MEMS micro-galvanometers to do extremely fast scanning of the emitting laser in space, and obtains distance information in stereoscopic space by measuring the laser signal, and this lidar has the characteristics of high resolution, vehicle-level reliability and low cost.
▲MEMS lidar
At present, there are two main products in the solid-state MEMS lidar product line of one-path technology, namely short-range blindness-filled MEMES lidar ML-30S and long-range forward MEMS lidar ML-Xs.
▲One-path technology MEMS lidar product line
These two products have reached commercial cooperation with a number of enterprises in the fields of autonomous driving trunk logistics, terminal distribution, unmanned ports, Robotaxi and robotics, and have been in the process of designating a number of passenger car OEMs.
Among them, in terms of trunk logistics, Yijing Technology has reached a strategic cooperation with Yingche Technology in 2020 on the commercialization of autonomous driving solutions for trunk logistics trucks, and The L3 level autonomous driving trucks of Yiche Technology are equipped with the ML series of LiDAR of Yiche Technology.
▲The L3 self-driving truck of Yingche Technology adopts a one-path technology lidar
In terms of unmanned distribution at the end, the fifth generation of Jingdong Logistics intelligent express delivery vehicle will be equipped with a solid-state MEMS lidar ML-30s of a scientific and technological product.
According to the official website, the partners of One Path Technology are mainly JD.com, Yuanrong Qixing, Yinche and Sany, and the main direction of mass production is to provide overall lidar solutions for related vehicles in various scenarios in specific areas, such as L3+ADAS, high-speed logistics, smart mining areas, smart ports, smart parks, smart buses, Robotaxi, etc.
After Baidu and Guoqi enter the game, Yijing Technology will usher in new partners.
Conclusion: Lidar on the car has become a major trend
At present, automatic driving technology is ushering in a new development node, and the maturity of automatic driving technology will drive the rapid development of the lidar market.
Previously, some research institutions said that with the growth of lidar mass production trends and penetration rates will promote the overall scale of the industry, it is expected that by 2025, the global lidar market size will reach billions to tens of billions of dollars. Solid-state and intelligent is the trend of the times. Yijing Technology selects MEMS lidar route, self-developed chip, adopts a unique design architecture, takes into account the detection performance and vehicle specification reliability, and is in the leading position in the industry.
By working with strategic partners in the field of autonomous driving to promote the commercialization process of various scenarios of autonomous driving, Ichigo Technology believes that it will become a leading supplier in the field of commercial vehicles and passenger cars ADAS+L3. The continuous investment of major car companies and autonomous driving companies in lidar startups also shows from another perspective that lidar will become a major trend in the industry in the future.