# 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.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-01-18
- Where: San Jose, California, United States
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1 million units annually
- Products: lidar sensors, solid-state lidar
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Velodyne](https://endata.com/companies/16633.md)

## Sources

- [spectrum.ieee.org](https://spectrum.ieee.org/velodyne-to-build-lidar-megafactory), 2017-01-18: "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."

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