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Luminar Bolsters Ranks with Tech Industry Leaders
Today, Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced certain key executive updates that include Alex Fishkin joining as Chief Legal Officer, Michael Southard as Vice President of Engineering, and Marc Losiewicz appointed as Chief Business Officer and General Manager.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · December 12, 2024
Luminar Expands Business with Two Global Automakers and Reports Third Quarter 2024 Business Update
Today, Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, provided its quarterly business update and financial results for the third quarter of 2024. These results and related commentary were published in a Presentation that was published on its Investor Relations website at https://investors.luminartech.com.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · November 11, 2024
Luminar to Provide Q3’24 Business Update November 11th; Reminder for Stockholders Meeting October 30th
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced it will provide its quarterly business update for the third quarter of 2024 following the close of the market on Monday, November 11th, 2024.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · October 21, 2024
Luminar Bolsters Balance Sheet & Reports Second Quarter 2024 Business Update
Today, Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, provided its quarterly business update and financial results for the second quarter of 2024.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · August 6, 2024
Luminar to Provide Q2’24 Business Update on August 6, 2024
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced it will provide its quarterly business update for the second quarter of 2024 following the close of the market on Tuesday, August 6, 2024.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · July 10, 2024
Luminar Launches Sentinel Software for Automakers
Today Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced it is launching Sentinel1, its full-stack software suite, following five years of breakthrough developments in Software and AI systems. The Sentinel solution enables automakers to accelerate development of advanced safety and autonomous functionality on vehicles, and includes Proactive Safety, Perception, 3D Mapping and Localization, Simulation, and Dynamic LiDAR features. The first shipments occurred this week, and are planned to be delivered to top automakers in the third quarter of this year.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · July 3, 2024
Luminar Reports First Quarter 2024 Business Update and Financials
Today, Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, provided its quarterly business update and financial results for the first quarter of 2024. These results and related commentary were published in a Shareholder Letter that was issued via an 8-K SEC filing and published on its Investor Relations website at https://investors.luminartech.com.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · May 7, 2024
Applied Intuition and Luminar Partner to Accelerate ADAS and AD Development for Automakers
Applied Intuition, a Silicon Valley-based vehicle software supplier, and Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, are partnering to accelerate the development and adoption of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving (AD) systems for automakers. In a first step of the partnership, the companies will jointly provide the first validated sensor models of Luminar lidars, enabling automakers to test and validate ADAS and AD perception systems using Applied Intuition Sensor Sim, a physics-based sensor simulator, with integrated sensor models of Luminar lidars.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · April 23, 2024
Luminar Day: A New Era – Luminar Achieves Global Start of Production for Volvo Cars
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, is hosting Luminar Day: A New Era via a live webcast at www.luminartech.com/luminarday from its new Silicon Valley facility. The company announced that it has achieved start of production for Volvo Cars and begun delivering production LiDAR sensors for the Volvo EX90, which will be the first global production vehicle to feature and standardize this technology. As a result, Luminar now expects to ship multiple times more product in the second half of 2024 than it has in the prior 10 years and accelerating from there. The company also announced the launch of its next-generation LiDAR sensor for the mass market, Luminar Halo, safety test results from Swiss Re, a new partnership with Applied Intuition, and an expanded collaboration with TPK where they will provide substantial industrialization resources to Luminar to improve cost and efficiency.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · April 23, 2024
Luminar to Report Q1’24 Financial Results on May 7, 2024
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced it will report financials for the first quarter of 2024 following the close of the market on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. This will follow Luminar Day: A New Era on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, which will highlight Luminar’s start of production (SOP) for Volvo Cars, its next-generation LiDAR platform, among other business updates.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · April 15, 2024
Luminar Attracts Former Executives From Lyft, Apple and Meta, Microsoft
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced two new key executive hires to help guide the company through its next phase of rapid growth.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · April 12, 2024
Luminar Reports Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2023 Business Update and Financials
Today, Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, provided its quarterly business update and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2023. These results and updates were published in a Shareholder Letter that was issued via an 8-K SEC filing and published on its Investor Relations website at https://investors.luminartech.com.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · February 27, 2024
Announcing Luminar Day: A New Era on April 23, 2024
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced today it will host a Luminar Day event on April 23, 2024 for its broader community, including customers, investors, suppliers, regulators, and media. The event will be held virtually, spanning from the factory in Monterrey, Mexico to its AI and software center in Silicon Valley.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · February 14, 2024
Luminar To Provide Quarterly Business Update on February 27, 2024
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced it will provide its quarterly business update, including full-year 2023 milestones and financials, following the close of the market on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · February 1, 2024
ADDING MULTIMEDIA Luminar and Mercedes-Benz Expands Partnership; Luminar Debuts New Emergency Steering AI Software with Iris+ and NVIDIA DRIVE Orin
Today Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced an expansion of their Mercedes-Benz partnership, the debut of LiDAR-enabled Automatic Emergency Steering (AES) and Automated Valet software, and expanded automotive partnerships. The company also shared its key year-end industrialization milestone, Luminar Semiconductor achievements, and the significance of its partnerships with other technology providers like NVIDIA and Mobileye to deliver advanced safety and autonomy on multiple production vehicles for the world’s leading automakers.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · January 9, 2024
Luminar and Mercedes-Benz Expand Partnership to Formula 1 with the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Team
Leading global automotive technology company Luminar and the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team today announced a new strategic collaboration that will leverage Luminar’s existing development work with Mercedes-Benz to integrate Luminar’s technology into the Official FIA F1® Safety Car with that work beginning in 2024.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · January 9, 2024
Luminar at CES 2024
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, will host a press conference to share the latest news from Luminar, and debut its Automatic Emergency Steering (AES) capabilities using the new Iris+ LiDAR as a part of our Proactive Safety crash avoidance vehicle demonstrations at CES 2024.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · January 4, 2024
Polestar 4 To Integrate Luminar LiDAR with Mobileye Chauffeur
Polestar is working with Luminar, a leading automotive technology company, and Mobileye, a global leader in autonomous driving solutions, to enhance safety and the future autonomous driving capabilities of Polestar 4 with the integration of Luminar’s next-generation LiDAR technology with Mobileye's Chauffeur platform.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · November 9, 2023
Luminar To Pilot New Update Formats; Next Quarterly Review on Nov 8th
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced it will provide its quarterly business update and financials for the third quarter of 2023 following the close of the market on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. Luminar will pilot a new format in this update, simultaneously releasing a shareholder letter and press release in place of prepared remarks on the call. This will leave the majority of the call time open for Q&A from analysts, institutional investors, and retail investors on the SAY platform. The shareholder letter will detail the status of Luminar’s business milestones; LiDAR, semiconductor, and AI products and developments; and the company’s financials and outlook.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · October 10, 2023
Luminar Reports Strong Second Quarter 2023 Business Update and Financials
Today Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, provided its quarterly business update and financial results for the second quarter of 2023.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · August 8, 2023
SpaceX and GoPro Executives Join Luminar
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced two new key executives have decided to join Luminar.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · August 1, 2023
Luminar To Provide Q2’23 Quarterly Business Update on August 8
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced it will provide its quarterly business update and report financials for the second quarter of 2023 following the close of the market on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · July 10, 2023
Luminar and Plus Partner for LiDAR and AI-Based Assisted Driving Software for Trucking
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, and Plus, a global provider of highly automated driving and fully autonomous driving solutions, announced a partnership to advance highly automated driving and safety systems for commercial vehicle manufacturers. Under the agreement, Luminar will be the exclusive provider of mid- to long-range lidar for PlusDrive, Plus’s factory-installed assisted driving system for commercial vehicles. In parallel, Plus will be the exclusive third-party provider of AI-based enhanced driver assist software for Luminar’s solution for commercial vehicle OEMs.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · June 6, 2023
Luminar Reports Strong First-Quarter 2023 Business Update and Financials
Today Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, provided its quarterly business update and financial results for the first quarter of 2023. The company is on track to meet or beat all of its company-level execution milestones and financial guidance for the year.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · May 9, 2023
Luminar Expands in Asia with New Factory; Standardized on New Variant of the Volvo EX90
Today at the Shanghai Auto Show, Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced a partnership with TPK, a multi-billion dollar supplier to companies like Apple and Tesla, to build and operate an additional high-volume factory driven by rapidly growing demand for Luminar in Asia. This follows Luminar’s April 13 announcement regarding the successful bring-up of a new high-volume factory in Mexico. Luminar has now established a global manufacturing footprint that spans the United States, Mexico, Thailand, and China. The company is also celebrating the unveiling of Volvo Cars’ EX90 Excellence, which will come with Luminar LiDAR as standard for next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · April 17, 2023
Luminar Announces New Automated, High Volume Factory Begins Building Sensors
Today Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced the successful build-out and bring-up of a new highly automated, high-volume manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico. The first Luminar Iris sensors out of this new dedicated facility are beginning to ship to Luminar’s lead global high-volume series production customer in preparation for start of production by end of this year to support vehicle launches. Luminar is continuing to deliver on its program milestones and captured a video of the new factory and status available for viewing here: https://youtu.be/CMOkICFDskQ.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · April 13, 2023
Luminar to Announce Quarterly Business Update
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced it will provide its quarterly business update and report financials for the first quarter of 2023 following the close of the market on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · March 23, 2023
Luminar Provides Business Update with Q4 and Full-Year 2022 Financials
Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced at Luminar Day its quarterly business update and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022, ended December 31, 2022. The company is also providing insight into its long-term forecast and guidance, which is being webcast live at www.luminartech.com/day.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · February 28, 2023
Luminar Partners With Swiss Re; Launches Insurance Program
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, and Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, today announced a new exclusive partnership. The first step of the joint initiative is to analyze and quantify the on-road performance and safety improvements of consumer and commercial vehicles equipped with Luminar’s lidar and proactive safety technologies, for both the industry and Luminar’s new insurance program it plans to offer. Saving lives is our primary goal and we can democratize our technology to help more people by establishing a lower total cost of ownership of their vehicles.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · February 28, 2023
Luminar Day: Unveiling New Tech, Exclusive Partnerships, Roadmap
Today Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, is hosting Luminar Day at its headquarters and via live webcast at www.luminartech.com/day. The company is announcing a flurry of news, which includes the reveal of its new Iris+ sensor and associated software, which Mercedes-Benz is integrating into its next generation vehicle lineup. Luminar is also unveiling its product roadmap, several new exclusive commercial agreements, the acquisition of Seagate’s lidar-related assets, Luminar Semiconductor subsidiary, and a new insurance initiative in partnership with Swiss Re to reduce insurance cost for vehicles equipped with Luminar.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · February 28, 2023
Luminar and Mercedes-Benz Announce Broad Deal Across Next-Generation Production Vehicle Lines
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced today a sweeping expansion of its partnership with Mercedes-Benz to safely enable enhanced automated driving capabilities across a broad range of next-generation production vehicle lines as part of the automaker’s next-generation lineup. Luminar’s Iris entered its first series production in October 2022 and the company’s Mercedes-Benz program has successfully completed the initial phase and the associated milestones.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · February 22, 2023
Polestar and Luminar Expand Partnership to Multiple Vehicles
Polestar (Nasdaq: PSNY) and Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR) announced plans to deepen their partnership by expanding the integration of Luminar’s technology on the Polestar 5 – the electric 4-door GT expected to launch in 2024 based on the Polestar Precept concept car. This expanded partnership provides a foundation to further collaborate on lidar integration and design on Polestar’s future vehicles.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · February 2, 2023
Luminar Achieves New Wins; Expands Roadmap at CES
Today Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced more commercial momentum at the end of 2022 than anticipated with additional production wins for multiple consumer vehicle models with leading automakers. At CES this week, Luminar will host the North American debut of the Volvo EX90, as well as the SAIC Rising Auto R7, and unveil its new software-based mapping product developed last year following the acquisition of Civil Maps. Luminar will also unveil an updated brand and vision for consumer-facing audiences in preparation for its launch on additional consumer vehicles.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · January 4, 2023
Luminar Announces Luminar Day on February 28
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced it will host Luminar Day on February 28, 2023 at its headquarters for investors, consumers, customers and suppliers. At the event, Luminar will unveil its long-term product and technology roadmap for existing and new OEM customers. The company also expects to detail its near-term and long-term financial plan among other news and updates, including its full-year 2022 financials.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · December 22, 2022
Luminar at CES 2023
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, will host a press conference to share news and host a variety of experiential activations at CES 2023. Luminar’s CES exhibit at the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall, booth #5324 will feature Volvo Cars’ EX90, the new fully electric SUV that comes standard with Luminar lidar. Information regarding Luminar’s CES 2023 presence and activities is available at: https://www.luminartech.com/ces.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · December 6, 2022
Luminar CEO Says Volvo EX90 Defines a New Era of Safety
Today Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR) joined Volvo Cars to unveil the new, all-electric Volvo EX90 which will come standard with Luminar’s technology on each vehicle produced to enable advanced safety and autonomous capabilities on highways in the future. Luminar CEO Austin Russell shared his thoughts on the significance of this moment and how Luminar will scale its production globally with Volvo Cars next year.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · November 9, 2022
Luminar Achieves Start of Production with SAIC’s Rising Auto; Reports Q3 Financials
Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced its achievement of the start of production milestone and reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2022, ended Sept. 30, 2022. SAIC is the largest Chinese automaker, and the R7 is the first flagship vehicle from its new smart electric brand RISING AUTO. Its debut, featuring Luminar, marks an inflection point in the industry as Luminar’s technology makes its way into consumer production vehicles.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · November 2, 2022
Luminar to Provide Quarterly Business Update on November 2, 2022
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced it will provide its quarterly business update and report financials for the third quarter of 2022 following the close of the market on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · October 6, 2022
Luminar Provides Q2 Update; Raises Guidance
Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced its quarterly business update and financial results for the second quarter of 2022, ended June 30, 2022. The company reported $9.9 million of Q2 revenue, ahead of company expectations and up 57% YoY.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · August 8, 2022
Luminar to Provide Quarterly Business Update on August 8, 2022
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced that it will provide its quarterly business update and report its financials for the second quarter of 2022 following the close of the market on Monday, August 8, 2022.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · July 12, 2022
Luminar Partners with ECARX to Drive Next-gen Safety and Autonomy to China and Beyond
Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, announced today it’s teaming up with ECARX, a global mobility tech company, to collaborate on automotive grade technologies with the intent to enable advanced safety and automated driving capabilities in the production of consumer vehicles and commercial trucks.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · May 26, 2022
Luminar Attracts Former Nvidia, Tesla, Apple and Tier 1 Executives
Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), the global leader in automotive lidar hardware and software technology, announced several new additions to its technical leadership. Taner Ozcelik, the founder of Nvidia’s automotive business, joins Luminar as executive vice president and general manager to oversee product development, R&D, program management, and Luminar’s semiconductor subsidiaries. CJ Moore, who served as director of Autopilot software at Tesla and most recently a director of autonomous systems at Apple, is joining Luminar to lead its software program and realize its vision for next-generation safety and autonomy.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · May 25, 2022
Luminar Provides Business Update and Q1 2022 Financials
Luminar (NASDAQLAZR), a leading global automotive technology company, today announced its quarterly business update and financial results for the first quarter of 2022, ended March 31, 2022. The company delivered $6.9 million in first-quarter revenue, up 29% year-over-year (YoY) and ahead of internal expectations. Luminar remains on-track to meet or beat its prior $40 million full-year 2022 revenue guidance. Today, Luminar also released its quarterly Path to Series Production video, which can be viewed at: www.luminartech.com/path.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · May 5, 2022
Luminar to Provide Quarterly Business Update on August 12, 2021
Luminar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LAZR), the global leader in automotive lidar hardware and software technology, today announced that it will provide its quarterly business update and report its financials for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021, following the close of the market on Thursday, August 12, 2021. Founder and CEO Austin Russell and CFO Tom Fennimore will host a video webcast that day at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET) to discuss business and financial results as well as the company’s outlook.
By Luminar · Via Business Wire · July 14, 2021