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 ...

In one of the highest profile U.S. cases of alleged corporate technology theft, Uber denied that laser-based LiDAR vision sensors being developed for its self-driving cars are derived from designs ...

Google's got a hot new ride. The company has a new Street View car with updated cameras, and—surprisingly—a set of Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) cans!

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

LIDAR might be the most conspicuous piece of driverless tech, but as Paul Williamsen, Global Manager of Education and Training for Lexus International, tells me, the anatomy of autonomous vehicles ...