Lidar costs $75,000 per car. ... Velodyne pioneered automotive lidar, which in turn enabled Waymo, the driverless car division of Google/Alphabet, to begin its driverless car project in 2009.

If we do a bit of math and apply Krafcik's "90 percent" reduction claim to the $75,000 LIDAR sensor Google's self-driving car originally used, we end up with a $7500 price tag.

The Google prototype’s self-driving abilities are powered mainly by a LIDAR array on top of the vehicle, which — in simple terms — measures distance by pointing lasers at targets surrounding ...

Plus, Tesla's Q2 deliveries are expected this week and feds are proposing to end the EV tax credit even sooner.

Ross Gerber suggests Tesla should use LiDAR in its Robotaxis for safety as Elon Musk's FSD tech invites scrutiny from NHTSA.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is not a fan of LIDAR sensors. He has personally bashed LIDAR, saying it makes cars “expensive, ugly, and ...

A key technology in futuristic cars is quickly becoming a new flashpoint in already fraught relations between the U.S. and China. The development of “lidar” sensor technology has helped fuel ...

Source: Waymo LiDAR, a scanning system that helps understand the surrounding situation, is used in a variety of fields, including autonomous driving technology that requires processing according ...