By Stephen Nellis
(Reuters) - Aeva Inc, a Silicon Valley start-up working on a crucial sensor for self-driving vehicles, and German automotive industry supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG said on Tuesday they were partnering to put the sensors into production.
Lidar sensors, which measure distances with a laser light, help autonomous cars get a three-dimensional picture of the road ahead. Dozens of companies have been working to reduce the sensors' cost to enable mass production.
Aeva's sensor uses frequency modulated continuous wave, or FMCW, technology which can also detect the speed of distant objects, differentiating between stationary ones like trees from moving objects like bikes.
Under the partnership, Aeva will be responsible for core sensing functionality, performance and algorithms. ZF, one of Europe's largest tier-one automotive suppliers, will produce an "automotive grade" sensor that meets ...
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