Velodyne expanding lidar megafactory in San Jose, California

Velodyne is expanding a megafactory in San Jose, California, to ramp up production to 1 million lidar units annually by 2018. The company is also building a new R&D facility in Alameda, California.

“This investment—enabled in part by cash infusions from Ford and Baidu—should allow Velodyne to ramp up to 1 million units annually by 2018, the company says.”spectrum.ieee.org

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• spectrum.ieee.orgVelodyne Plans a Lidar Megafactory - IEEE SpectrumPhilip E. RossJan 18, 2017

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