(Bloomberg) — Luminar Technologies Inc. shares surged on Monday after former NASA scientist Mark Rober test-drove a car equipped with the company’s lidar technology in a YouTube video and said ...

Lidar has long been considered the gold standard of self-driving technology. Most car companies use the technology, alongside cameras, radar, and AI, to fully assess a vehicle’s environment ...

YouTuber Mark Rober tested Tesla's Autopilot against a LiDAR-equipped car to assess its obstacle detection. Tesla's Autopilot struggled in extreme fog, rain, and painted wall tests, unlike the ...

Tesla's abandonment of LIDAR and radar sensors and use of visual information from cameras alone has been revealed as a risky bet. Popular YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober recently ...

Mark Rover conducted multiple tests with a Model Y and a LiDar-equipped Lexus RX. In the final comparison the two cars hurtle towards a theater-style fake road backdrop. Tesla’s refusal to equip ...

In the video, which now has over 11 million views, Rober test-drove a car equipped with the autonomous vehicle company’s lidar technology and compared its performance to EV maker Tesla’s (TSLA ...

Tesla Autopilot drove into Wile E. Coyote-style fake road wall in the middle of the road in a camera versus lidar test. While most companies developing self-driving technologies have been using a ...

Hesai is the leading provider of lidar systems, which use pulsed laser light to help autonomous vehicles generate a three-dimensional map of the surrounding environment. The company drew global ...

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Researchers in Sweden have developed a method to use LiDAR data to enable more precise tilt and azimuth modeling of solar PV and solar thermal capacity at a regional or substation level.

It starts at 109,800 yuan or $15,150 as of current exchange rates. The version equipped with lidar and self-driving features increases the price but not by much, starting at 149,800 yuan ($20,707).