Plus.ai to Deploy Ouster, Inc. Digital Lidar Sensors to Support Global Deployment of Automated Trucks

Plus.ai, a leading developer of automated truck technology and Ouster, Inc. a leading provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensory for robotics, industrial automation, smart infrastructure, and automotive industries – announced signing a strategic customer agreement for Ouster to provide digital lidar sensor to outfit key elements of Plus’s automated truck system.
Shawn Kerrigan, COO and co-founder of Plus.ai said, “Lidar is a critical sensing modality to include in our sensor suite in order to develop the safest automated trucks. As we start to deploy our automated driving system commercially this year, we need a lidar partner with cutting-edge technology that is a high performing, reliable, and of production quality that is immediately available at scale. Ouster delivers on all of those requirements.”
As per the multi-year agreement, Ouster will initially supply 2,000 digital lidar sensors to Plus prepares to aggressively ramp-up its supply over the next 5years. Having already migrated the majority of its production volume to contract manufacturer Benchmark Electronics in Thailand. Additionally, Ouster will deliver engineering support to empower Plus’s automated driving system deployment across multiple continents.
Angus Pacala, Co-Founder and CEO of Ouster, Inc. said, “Plus is rapidly accelerating innovation in automated trucks, and we are very excited to be able to meet their rigorous technology, reliability, and immediate volume production requirements to win this contract. We are focused on four industries where we believe digital lidar will be a technology lynchpin, and we see a huge opportunity in automated trucks that are driving significant demand for our sensors today and is growing exponentially in the near future.”
In December, Ouster entered into a definitive merger agreement with Colonnade Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: CLA) (“CLA”) in a transaction that would result in Ouster being-listed on the NYSE. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2021, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.