Aeva announced that it is expanding its presence in Europe with a new Automotive Center of Excellence (COE) in Germany to support its growing momentum with automotive OEM customers. Additionally, autonomous vehicle industry expert Axel Gern has joined the company as Head of Engineering in Germany and will lead the COE. The COE was created in response to growing interest from the automotive market in Aeva?s unique Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) technology.

Through the COE, Aeva?s team will intensify its partnerships with automotive OEMs by providing direct support for their programs focused on advanced vehicle automation, including engineering and rapid validation and testing. Through this close collaboration with the European automotive industry, the COE will also benefit Aeva?s development of next-generation 4D LiDAR sensing and perception technologies as the industry progresses toward implementing fully autonomous passenger and commercial vehicle programs.