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Aeva Wins Exclusive Lidar Deal With Top European Carmaker for Level 3 Autonomy

The selection moves a major passenger-vehicle maker from conventional 3D lidar to Aeva’s 4D velocity-sensing platform.

Overview

  • The contract deploys Aeva’s Atlas Ultra 4D lidar across the automaker’s global platform, covering internal combustion, hybrid, and electric models outside China.
  • Series production is targeted to begin in 2028 with the multi-year program expected to run into the mid-2030s.
  • The automaker will standardize its Level 3 system on Aeva’s sensing and perception technology under an exclusive supply agreement.
  • Aeva said it will provide further details on the passenger-vehicle program in early 2026 and did not disclose the automaker’s name.
  • Aeva shares jumped roughly 18% on the news, and the company highlighted its separate long-range lidar series-production program with Daimler Truck.