LiDAR sensors and sensing solutions developer Quanergy Systems reported that it was selected as a LiDAR partner for China’s Geely Automotive Group (Geely). Geely and Quanergy will have a deep collaboration in developing and commercializing solutions for the broad deployment of smart city and autonomous vehicle systems.

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This announcement follows an initial deployment of Quanergy’s LiDAR-based smart city solution at intersections across the Hangzhou Bay Area, Ningbo City, and Zhejiang Province. This is the first smart infrastructure and intelligent vehicle deployment in China sponsored by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development with 5G-V2X, autonomous driving vehicles, and vehicle-road cooperation techniques. With the project, Quanergy’s LiDAR products and management system are used in roadside sensing system, allowing intelligent vehicles to receive details on roadside objects through 5G wireless communication networks.

The strategic partnership between Quanergy and Geely marks one of the first LiDAR partnerships specifically created for the commercial deployment of smart cities and autonomous vehicles. Their project will be presented at CES 2020 in the Quanergy booth.