'Driverless' trucking depends on lidar from 'Chinese Military Company' Hesai
'Driverless' trucking companies Aurora, Kodiak and Waabi have been picking up steam, but reliance on sensor technology from Hesai...
The tech companies pushing the "driverless" revolution in trucking have been on a glide path under the second Trump administration, but a potential roadblock to full scale deployment remains: Reliance on U.S.-designated "Chinese Military Companies."
A new bill introduced in Congress, which the "driverless" companies have lobbied against, may signal that roadblock is here to stay.
Hesai Group, "the global leader in lidar technology for automotive mobility," supplies critical components to the major U.S. driverless trucking companies, including Aurora, Kodiak, and Waabi.
But in 2024, the U.S. military identified Hesai as a Chinese Military Company in accordance with Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which will prohibit the Defense Department from contracting with Hesai in the future.
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