The $75,000 problem for self-driving cars is going away
To many, self-driving cars sound like a wonderful thing. Roads get safer, and more people receive access to transportation.
But one concern is cost — can we really afford these things? To give a car “eyes,” so it can see and drive itself has been expensive, to the point of absurdity.
LIDAR, a sensor most in the field view as essential to giving a car the gift of sight, can cost more than twice as much as the vehicle itself. A popular early model from Velodyne, used by many, costs $75,000.
………Quanergy chief executive Louay Edlada believes LIDAR will cost below $100 in five years. It’s releasing a solid state LIDAR — meaning none of the parts move — next month for $250.
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from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/134986828267
