{"id":19292,"date":"2026-04-20T09:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-hesai-adds-colour-to-lidar-to-help-evs-level-up-in-self-driving\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:28:01","slug":"chinas-hesai-adds-colour-to-lidar-to-help-evs-level-up-in-self-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-hesai-adds-colour-to-lidar-to-help-evs-level-up-in-self-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Hesai adds colour to lidar to help EVs level up in self-driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/20\/816c95db-99d9-4e48-9848-0d529603919c_1c012926.jpg?itok=xAEhAF7c&amp;v=1776662122\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"10.459821428571\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Hesai Group<\/span>, the world&rsquo;s largest maker of vehicle lidar sensors, introduced technology it said would raise autonomous driving features to a new level by detecting colour to improve the reliability of object identification.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Shanghai-based maker of light &shy;detection and ranging &shy;sensors said its 6D full-colour platform would deliver lidar sensors with world-leading capabilities in ranging and small-target identification. 6D refers to the sensors&rsquo; ability to detect the X, Y and Z coordinates of an object, plus its reflectivity, velocity and colour.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Expected to hit the market in the second half of this year, the company&rsquo;s ETX lidar sensors would be the first of their kind, according to Hesai CEO David Li Yifan.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1umbx1w e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;This is not some kind of market hype,&rdquo; he said in a media briefing on Friday. &ldquo;It is a fundamental innovation, something that no one I know of has ever done before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He added that Hesai would prioritise &ldquo;zero-to-one innovative breakthroughs&rdquo; amid an intensified tech race in the global automotive industry, where key players were racing to develop driverless cars.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1xd1hm8 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"12.632075471698\">&ldquo;The technology eliminates the need for complex stitching or inference, meaning the autonomous driving system no longer needs to &lsquo;guess&rsquo; when identifying critical coloured objects like traffic lights, lane lines or construction signs,&rdquo; Deutsche Bank said in a research note over the weekend. The capability would &ldquo;significantly enhance&rdquo; the spatial intelligence of artificial intelligence <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">world models<\/span>, it added.<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hesai did not disclose which carmakers would take delivery of the first batch of ETX lidars. Li said the company was determined to bring down costs by increasing manufacturing capacity and capabilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>China&rsquo;s Hesai adds colour to lidar to help EVs level up in self-driving<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hesai Group, the world&rsquo;s largest maker of vehicle lidar sensors, introduced technology it said would raise autonomous driving features to a new level by detecting colour to improve the reliability of object identification. The Shanghai-based maker of light &shy;detection and ranging &shy;sensors said its 6D full-colour platform would deliver lidar sensors with world-leading capabilities in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-hesai-adds-colour-to-lidar-to-help-evs-level-up-in-self-driving\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;China\u2019s Hesai adds colour to lidar to help EVs level up in self-driving&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}