Aeva Introduces Atlas Orion 4D LiDAR to Power the Future of Smart Infrastructure, Traffic Management, and Security

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 12, 2025--

Aeva® (Nasdaq: AEVA), a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today introduced Aeva Atlas™ Orion, a high-performance 4D LiDAR sensor built to transform smart infrastructure and security. Engineered to meet rigorous NEMA-TS2 traffic signal control standards, Atlas Orion delivers long-range perception and durability for demanding outdoor environments. Its single-box design with integrated power and data over ethernet (PoE++) makes deployment fast and cost-efficient, while Aeva’s breakthrough FMCW 4D LiDAR technology provides the accuracy and intelligence needed to power data-driven smart cities and secure facilities.

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Atlas Orion is engineered with high-resolution detection and dynamic object tracking to address the challenges of transportation safety, security, and crowd monitoring applications. Featuring Aeva’s Ultra Resolution™ technology, it delivers the accuracy and clarity required to optimize infrastructure operations and improve safety. Atlas Orion simultaneously measures velocity and position, enabling precise tracking in dynamic environments, with a detection range of up to 500 meters for vehicles and up to 200 meters for vulnerable road users. With a 120-degree field of view and ultra-fine angular resolution of up to 0.05° x 0.05°, Atlas Orion can achieve comprehensive intersection coverage using just two sensors—driving operational efficiency and scalability in traffic management deployments.

"Atlas Orion sets a new standard for smart infrastructure," said Mina Rezk, Co-Founder and CTO of Aeva. "This product is part of our expanding vision to create smarter, safer, and more efficient cities. With its high performance, dynamic object detection and tracking, and ease of installation, Atlas Orion provides immediate value for cities, large facilities like airports, and security teams seeking to leverage data for better decision-making."

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Atlas Orion is already shipping to leading smart infrastructure companies including Sotereon.ai and D2 Traffic Technologies, and is now available to infrastructure operators, security system integrators, and crowd management customers worldwide. To learn more, visit: www.aeva.com/atlas-orion

About Aeva Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEVA)

Aeva’s mission is to bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving, manufacturing automation and smart infrastructure, to robotics and consumer devices. Aeva is accelerating autonomy with its groundbreaking perception platform that integrates lidar-on-chip technology, system-on-chip processing, and perception algorithms onto silicon leveraging silicon photonics. Aeva 4D LiDAR sensors uniquely detect velocity and position simultaneously, allowing automated devices like vehicles and robots to make more intelligent and safe decisions. For more information, visit www.aeva.com, or connect with us on X or LinkedIn.

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Aeva's Atlas Orion 4D LiDAR sensor powers the future of smart infrastructure, traffic management, and security.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote Thursday in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever one-person, one-vote poll since 1969. Analysts say it is a major departure from clan-based power-sharing negotiations.

The election of local council members, to be conducted across Mogadishu’s 16 districts, has been organized by the Somali federal government but rejected by opposition parties, which have called the election flawed and one-sided.

Somalia has for decades selected its local council members and parliamentarians through clan-based negotiations, and it is the leaders who later elect a president. Since 2016, different administrations have promised to reintroduce one-person, one-vote elections, but insecurity and internal disputes between the government and the opposition have delayed their implementation.

This will be the first major voting exercise overseen by Somalia's National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, with up to 20 political parties fielding candidates.

The election will not determine the mayor of Mogadishu, who also serves as the governor of the Banadir region. That position remains appointed, as the constitutional status of the capital is unresolved and requires a national consensus — a prospect that has grown increasingly distant as political rifts deepen between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the leaders of the states of Jubaland and Puntland over constitutional reforms.

The central region has more than 900,000 voters registered across 523 polling stations, according to the electoral commission.

Somalia has faced security challenges, with the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group often carrying out deadly attacks in the capital.

Security has intensified ahead of the local elections.

Analysts say the Mogadishu vote represents the most concrete attempt yet to move Somalia away from its longstanding clan-based, power-sharing system.

“Mogadishu has demonstrated that local elections are technically feasible,” said Mohamed Husein Gaas, founding director of the Raad Peace Research Institute.

By moving ahead with the vote, Gaas said the federal government was empowering citizens, strengthening accountability and moving towards a more inclusive and legitimate state.

He said plans to expand direct elections to federal member states and eventually to the national level reflect a phased approach aimed at balancing security, political inclusion and development.

“The process signals a commitment to building a durable Somali state grounded in democracy, public trust, national cohesion and long-term stability,” Gaas said.

A first-time voter, Farhiyo Mohamed, expressed her excitement, saying, “This is something I have never seen before, since I was born: such an election happening before my own eyes and to take part in a universal election like this.”

Opposition parties, however, argue that abandoning negotiated, clan-based arrangements without agreement risks undermining Somalia’s fragile federal settlement.

The elections, which were postponed three times this year, have drawn sharp criticism from opposition leaders, who accuse the government of using the process to entrench power and pave the way for extending the president’s term, which is due to end in 2026 — an allegation authorities deny.

People queue to cast their votes during the local election in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

People queue to cast their votes during the local election in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalia's former deputy prime minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled casts his vote during the local election in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

A woman casts her vote during the local election in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)