Aeva shrinks size, cost of crucial self-driving sensor; deepens VW ties
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(Reuters) - Aeva Inc said it has shrunk the main components of its "lidar" self-driving car sensor onto a single chip, a move it expects to dramatically lower the price of a sensor widely considered a bottleneck in the mass production of autonomous vehicles.The company, founded by ex-Apple Inc engineers Soroush Salehian and Mina Rezk, on Wednesday also said it has taken investment from Porsche Automobil Holding SE , the majority-voting shareholder of Volkswagen AG .Lidar sensors generate a 3D..