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

Google’s Waymo invests in LIDAR technology, cuts costs by 90 percent Waymo is developing hardware and software to make the self-driving car a reality.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk held a press conference a couple of days ago to explain the Autopilot features included in the company’s 7.0 software update, but LIDAR, one of the remote sensing ...

Google’s Street View cars are now giant, mobile 3D scanners The new Street View cars get better cameras, but what's up with the Lidar rigs?

The ride-hailing company says its design differs from Google's approach, and current Uber test vehicles use off-the-shelf LiDAR units purchased from suppliers.

LIDAR sensors combine together light and radar, and in a Game of Thrones manner are vying for being crowned as an essential element for true driverless cars, but the plot is murky and there could ...

While LIDAR sensors are employed in virtually all autonomous research vehicles, the technology has already featured in cars with adaptive cruise control systems (ACC).

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

The sensors in those self-driving cars have become an international dispute The domestic lidar industry is mounting a lobbying offensive against a leading Chinese rival that’s stepping up its ...