How the Cars of Tomorrow Will “See”: The Future of Lidar and Radar. Emerging lidar technology and tried-and-true radar are working together to help cars navigate without humans.

Although the map that the LiDAR system generates is 3D, many autonomous driving systems convert it into 2D before using it to navigate. The reason is simple: 2D maps require a lot less computing ...

Though Cruise is no more, GM has made clear that it plans to continue developing a 'scalable' autonomous vehicle platform for ...

Emerging lidar technology and tried-and-true radar are working together to help cars navigate without humans. We are in the middle of the most radical technological transformation ever seen in the ...

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Purely as part of an ADAS package, the business case might not be there to equip a car with a lidar sensor pod just for this type of collision-avoidance tech. But as part of a complete Level 3 ...

Apple Car LiDAR system. LiDAR is the gold-standard for autonomous driving, with 360-degree scanning lasers reflecting from objects surrounding the car to provide a millimetre-accurate picture of ...

The system uses about 1% as much energy as a vehicle’s air conditioner, Russell said. Luminar and Volvo began work on it in 2016. Prices have fallen from around $100,000 a unit to $1,000 now.

PSA: Lidar and high-powered lasers, increasingly common in cars and at entertainment venues, can cause permanent damage to smartphone cameras – even those built to withstand everyday wear.

A startling video shows a Volvo EX90's lidar system zapping a smartphone's telephoto camera, revealing a little-known risk of next-gen automotive tech.