{"id":5314,"date":"2024-03-24T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=5314"},"modified":"2024-03-24T05:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T03:00:10","slug":"stellantis-buys-stake-in-optical-radar-start-up-steerlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=5314","title":{"rendered":"Stellantis buys stake in optical radar start-up SteerLight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stellantis-buys-stake-in-optical-radar-start-up-steerlight.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>European carmaker Stellantis (STLAM.MI) announced on Wednesday that it was acquiring a stake in optical radar start-up SteerLight as it seeks to strengthen its market position and secure access to crucial sensors for autonomous driving.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1143043925\">\n<div id=\"cypru-624196009\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-4423965917867-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The move is aimed at diversifying supply of light detection and ranging, or lidar, and speeding up the development of components for its future electric fleet, Stellantis, the producer of Fiat, Peugeot and Citroen cars among other brands, said.<br \/>\nThe amount of the investment, made through Stellantis Ventures, was not disclosed.<br \/>\nSteerLight, a company born out France\u2019s public micro and nanotechnology research centre CEA-Leti based in Grenoble, claims its lidar solutions are more compact and less expensive to manufacture than competing products.<br \/>\n\u201cThe system is robust (no moving parts) and compact, maximizing flexibility for vehicle engineers. It overcomes challenges of today\u2019s Lidar technology for vehicles \u2013 component size and high cost\u201d, Stellantis said.<br \/>\nSteerLight also announced the arrival of two other investors, Quantonation fund and Italian venture fund Liftt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European carmaker Stellantis is acquiring a stake in optical radar startup SteerLight to strengthen its market position and secure access to crucial sensors for autonomous driving. This move aims to diversify the supply of lidar and speed up the development of components for its future electric fleet. Stellantis, the producer of Fiat, Peugeot, and Citroen cars, made the investment through Stellantis Ventures, though the amount was not disclosed. SteerLight, originating from France\u2019s CEA-Leti in Grenoble, claims its lidar solutions are more compact and less expensive than competitors&#8217;. The company emphasizes that its system has no moving parts, making it robust and compact, which provides flexibility for vehicle engineers and addresses the challenges of component size and high cost in current lidar technology. Additionally, SteerLight has welcomed two other investors, Quantonation fund and Italian venture fund Liftt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3212,1664,2134,3,2403,499,250,2753,3213,1682,2463],"class_list":["post-5314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-autonomous-driving","tag-cars","tag-challenges","tag-cyprus","tag-driving","tag-france","tag-google","tag-investment","tag-lidar-technology","tag-technology","tag-vehicles"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stellantis buys stake in optical radar start-up SteerLight<\/title>\n<meta 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