Valeo has entered a strategic partnership with Apollo, the open autonomous driving platform created by the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, Baidu.
Valeo will invest its prestigious expertise in sensors, where the Group currently ranks as world leader, with the industry’s most comprehensive range of sensors, comprising cameras, radars, ultrasonic sensors and the Valeo SCALA™ laser scanner.
With this superior knowledge, Valeo has already achieved various world firsts in the field of autonomous vehicles, including 24 hours on the Paris beltway, as well as road trips around Europe and the United States.
The company will also contribute its skills in sensor cleaning systems (which are key to optimal sensor functioning), connectivity between autonomous vehicles, and control and optimisation of air quality in the interior of the vehicle.
There will be huge benefits for Valeo from the full range of software, hardware and data tools (operating systems, high-precision positioning and HD mapping services, simulation engines, cloud, algorithms, etc.) provided by Apollo to its ecosystem partners through its open, reliable and secure platform. Launched in April 2017, Apollo significantly accelerates the development, testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles through its collaborative approach.
This partnership will demonstrates Valeo’s ambitious vision for the development of autonomous vehicles.