A vehicle LIDAR system, including: a solid-state laser having a brightness of at least 100 kW/(mm2 sr), which is designed to emit laser pulses having a wavelength of at least 900 nm and a maximum power per laser pulse of at least 50 W; at least one movably situated mirror for deflecting the laser pulses in the direction of objects to be detected; a receiver for detecting the laser pulses reflected by the objects.