signs trouble fellowship asked remain anonymous speak frankly sensitive business organization quanergy critics said distance rhetoric reality widened i former employee suppose never saw single device come line quanergy met stated specifications allegation company denies morale flagging well year allege several former employees contact current staff members july ryan field senior employee charge quanergy development splintering designed specifically lidar told troupe leaving eldada described field departure blow order amicable field declined comment meantime quanergy pursuing grocery eldada become set building sensors electronic barrier along border sees humane alternative border wall press president donald the great unwashed fixing bugs shipping stuff challenges facing quanergy maneuver broader reckoning looming selfgoverning vehicle industry investors pelt zillion lidar companies since peaking last twelvemonth million grant cb insights firm tracks venture capital activity companies working automotive mapping software technologies besides elevated money investors determined miss fundamental revolution transportation autonomous driving industry still seems years away making concern prospects questionable startups attracted interest base promise future breakthroughs struggling solve difficult scientific commercial problems hype falling said mike ramsey transportation mobility analyst gartner closer get implementation clearer difficult ramsey said tech companies lowering expectations pivoting building software consulting expects see significant consolidation among companies presently making lidar enough musical chairs everyone said eldada intense positive man whose preferred black suit white oxford least one step formal typical silicon valley arrived interview bloomberg news reporter wore fall honoring quanergy best innovation award consumer electronics show lapel eldada traces idea quanergy back doctoral research columbia university graduating eldada went work honeywell dupont photonics manufacturing specialiser smattering telecom energy firms period eldada said began working technical experts would wee quanergy core creation team unitedly developed unique capabilities designed tools buy project rules teach civilise said disanto unrivaled worldclass give quanergy money disanto started investiture investment company met angus pacala quanergy eldada pitched disanto investor ears perked description specialized estimator chip would contain entire lidar system race going disanto remembered thinking got arrive lidar lidar sensors work shooting lasers world determining position objects measuring long beam accept bounce back wide seen promising technique autonomous vehicles sense world around also unique challenge lasers must fan various directions extending sensor field view beyond single beam velodyne putting sensors motorized turntables shot lasers arc technique known mechanical lidar quanergy upstarts promised develop novel ways steer radar beams fewer moving parts simultaneously making devices belittled longlived cheaper make devices without moving parts like ones quanergy developing known fantastic evangelist idea person saw presentation working auto company called one best pitches ever pitch deck period viewed bloomberg news show quanergy said would sell manufacturers cars dockyard hustler count automatize even military contractors searching caves terrorist company also planning construct automated manufacturing facility design narrow down chips quanergy externalise sales mature units time quanergy selling spinning mechanical devices worked much like velodyne eldada said company would lidar beginning return sort quanergy introduced lidar product ce unrivalled person received demo evan ackerman contributing editor in chief internet site institute electrical electronics engineers tell much demo nda certainly say