DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – Stellantis announced an investment in a French company that will help create driver assistance systems.

SteerLight makes microchips with LIDAR that can detect the environment around a vehicle in three dimensions.

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Officials with SteerLight say with this investment from Stellantis they can accelerate the adoption of autonomous vehicles.