Bendix, Aeva collaborate on safety tech for trucks

Sensing and perception systems provider Aeva has announced a collaboration with Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, a provider of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) for commercial vehicles, focused on next-generation active safety and collision mitigation solutions for Class 8 trucks and beyond.

Source: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems

Through this collaboration, the companies aim to integrate cost-effective sensing and perception solutions leveraging Aeva’s 4D LiDAR technology and perception software into Bendix’s future active safety systems. The aim is to enable advanced SAE Level 2+ (L2+) safety capabilities designed to further address critical use cases such as Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking (PAEB) and nighttime collision, where  today’s radar- and camera-based systems can face potential limitations.

“This collaboration with Bendix brings Aeva’s 4D LiDAR into one of the most impactful commercial vehicle safety markets in North America and is an indication of 4D LiDAR’s maturity and flexibility for high-volume active safety applications beyond autonomy,” said Soroush Salehian, co-founder and CEO at Aeva. “We believe by combining our technology with Bendix’s market-leading active safety platform, we have an opportunity to help deliver safer, more reliable solutions that potentially help address some of the most pressing challenges on our roadways.”

Mike Tober, chief technology officer at Bendix, said the collaboration opens  a new chapter for the commercial vehicle marketplace. “We see Aeva’s 4D LiDAR as an enabling technology offering the long-range performance, high resolution and instant velocity data we believe is needed to expand the capabilities of our future systems, particularly for challenging scenarios like pedestrian detection and nighttime operation.”