Moderation Team
LAS VEGAS—Hesai Technology, the leading supplier of lidar products, plans to increase its annual production capacity. Due to growing demand for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles, it plans to build 4 million units this year vs. 2 million in 2025.
“Our customers are scaling faster than ever, and we are scaling with them,” says David Li, CEO of Hesai. “By expanding our annual capacity to over 4 million units and adding our new Thailand facility, we’re building a global manufacturing footprint that can reliably support mass production. Our commitment is simple: deliver world-class lidar, at scale, with the consistency and trust that the automotive industry demands
“This expansion is backed by [our] robust in-house manufacturing capabilities,” explains Li. “By building an integrated R&D and production center from the ground up, [we have] established a solid foundation for mass production, while maintaining consistent quality at scale.”
According to Li, Hesai has developed four generations of proprietary ASICs, enabling rapid product iteration, high reliability and globally replicable production. Its fully automated production lines now feature a 10-second cycle time.
Li claims that lidar-equipped vehicles reduce fatal highway accidents by 90 percent and lower regular traffic accidents by 30 percent compared with camera-only systems. At the recent CES show, Hesai displayed its next-generation L3 automotive lidar suite, featuring the long-range ETX and short-range FTX devices. With compact form factors designed to simplify vehicle integration, ETX is optimized for behind-the-windshield, in-cabin installation, while FTX enables short-range blind-spot detection.
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