Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Velodyne Lidar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Form 10-Q”), I, Theodore L. Tewksbury, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

(i) the Form 10-Q fully complies, in all material respects, with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(ii) the information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

Date:	November 8, 2022	/s/ Theodore L. Tewksbury
		Theodore L. Tewksbury
		Chief Executive Officer and Director
		(Principal Executive Officer)