Lidar Market: >$556B by 2026
Lidar ranging methods can be divided into Time of Flight (ToF) and FMCW ranging methods based on coherent detection, and triangulation ranging methods. ToF and FMCW can achieve remote measurement…
LIDAR: EV/EBITDA Comparision
BusinessWire: “The enterprise value (EV) to the earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) ratio varies by industry. However, the EV/EBITDA for the S&P 500 has typically averaged from…
China EV Race: Who is Leading?
According Baidu CEO Robin Li, Baidu has appointed a chief executive officer and decided on a brand for its electric vehicle (EV) venture with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. He has…
Auto: Auto Drive-Up Sensor Markets
Thanks to the increase in the level of autonomous driving, the number of demand for on-board cameras, ultrasonic & millimeter-wave radars, and lidars continues to increase, which in turn drives…
Auto: China EV Market 2020
Since 2020, NIO has received a total of CNY41.5B (USD4.68B) in equity / bond financing; Li Xiang has received a total of CNY20.7B (USD2B) in equity financing; XPeng has received…
Auto Race: Google vs Apple
Ford and Google have joined together to create unique services and capabilities for Ford and Lincoln customers. Ford has also named Google Cloud its preferred cloud provider to leverage Google’s…
Car: Toyota, NO.1 top-selling, ~10Mu/year
Toyota Motor overtook Volkswagen (VW) AG in 2020 to become the world’s top-selling automaker, the first time the Japanese group has clinched the position in 5 years. Toyota’s group sales,…
Self-driving car: company survey
Tesla, Uber, Lyft, Waymo, and incumbent automakers feeling competitive pressure are accelerating the advent of autonomous tech. The rush to develop self-driving cars is fueling GM’s $1 billion acquisition of…
LiDAR: FMCW vs. ToF
This article compares Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) and Time of Flight (ToF) for LiDAR. In summary, FMCW is better in longer term but ToF is still better now. What…