IM Motors' LS9 Breaks Vehicle Vision Limits with RoboSense 520-Beam Ultra-Wide FOV Digital LiDAR

November 5, 2025 – Shenzhen, China – SAIC’s premium intelligent brand IM Motors today unveiled its all-new flagship SUV, the IM LS9, marking its global debut and the official start of pre-sales. Within just 30 minutes, the model reached an impressive milestone with over 8,000 pre-orders. 

The LiDAR, custom-developed based on RoboSense’s EM4, is currently the most powerful and the only mass-producible ultra-high-beam digital LiDAR in the industry. It endows the LS9 with L3-standard perception capability, greatly enhancing its intelligent assisted driving performance.

As the flagship model that embodies SAIC Motor’s 70 years of automotive expertise and integrates cutting-edge global technologies, the IM LS9 redefines the value standard of flagship intelligent SUVs with its “seven industry firsts and five best-in-class features.” The vehicle incorporates twelve advanced technologies, including the 66kWh Star Super Range Extender and the Lizard Digital Chassis 3.0, showcasing its comprehensive strength as a next-generation intelligent luxury SUV.

As RoboSense’s strategic product for L3 advanced intelligent driving, the EM4-customized 520-beam digital LiDAR has become the preferred choice across new-generation premium models such as the IM LS9 and IM LS6. As more high-end intelligent vehicles adopt this LiDAR, the global automotive industry’s standards for LiDAR beam count and performance are expected to undergo a rapid and continuous evolution. 

With the accelerated rollout of L3 autonomous driving, high-beam-count, high-performance, and highly reliable digital LiDAR will become an essential component for core redundancy in advanced driver-assistance systems. RoboSense will leverage the 520-beam LiDAR as a new starting point to empower the evolution of premium intelligent vehicles, using its industry-leading digital and chip-level capabilities to collaborate with IM Motors and other global partners, driving intelligent mobility toward a safer and more efficient future.