LIDAR Costs

[illopp00]

Lidar's Wicked Cost Drop - CleanTechnica

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! There’s constant talk about improving ADAS (advanced driver assist systems), or autonomous driving tech as it’s often referred to now. BYD is rolling it into every single new model by default. (As Oprah...

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Even importing modules from China at 10% or 100% tariffs mean that almost any upcharge for robust ADAS hardware is more than feasible.

 

[DeaneG]

Lidar's Wicked Cost Drop - CleanTechnica

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! There’s constant talk about improving ADAS (advanced driver assist systems), or autonomous driving tech as it’s often referred to now. BYD is rolling it into every single new model by default. (As Oprah...

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Even importing modules from China at 10% or 100% tariffs mean that almost any upcharge for robust ADAS hardware is more than feasible.

I'm hoping this means in the reasonable future most cars will have forward-facing lidar to prevent many common and avoidable accidents.
Similar to antilock brakes, airbags, stability control. For now, I'm happy to pay for it.