Cepton, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPTN) has unveiled its new flagship automotive lidar, Ultra.
The lidar-based solutions innovator said Ultra is the world’s slimmest adaptive, long-range lidar, designed based on real OEM requirements for next-generation consumer vehicle ADAS and automated driving capabilities.
"Ultra stands as the epitome of innovation in automotive lidar, with an unprecedented combination of industry-leading performance, low power consumption and unrivaled compactness," Cepton CEO Dr Jun Pei said in a statement.
"By utilizing our experience in industrializing lidar for mass-market applications, we expect to reduce Ultra’s development time by a third as compared to the past, thereby shortening time to market," Pei added.
Cepton noted its groundbreaking MagnoSteer technology and proprietary ASIC chipset enables an unprecedented combination of 300-metre range and 0.05° resolution at 12-watt power consumption.
It added that with its extremely compact form factor and power efficiency, Ultra is designed for seamless integration into various locations on a vehicle without the need for an additional cooling system.
Ultra can be embedded behind the windshield and into the roofline, the headlamps and the fascia, enabling high-precision perception for various automotive use cases, according to the company.
As well, Cepton stated that Ultra’s software definable field of view and ROIs enable adaptive perception capabilities to help the vehicle stay focused on high-priority objects, which increases the overall energy efficiency of the automotive perception system without compromising precision.
Cepton said it will be showcasing Ultra during CES 2024, held from January 9 to 12 in Las Vegas.
Cepton is the Silicon Valley innovator of lidar-based solutions for automotive, smart cities, smart spaces and smart industrial applications.