#VOLVO LIDAR LUMINAR DRIVER#

#VOLVO LIDAR LUMINAR DRIVER#

Is the first production vehicle to carry lidar, which it uses as part of its SAE Level 3 Traffic Jam Pilot semi-autonomous driver aid.

The Indy Autonomous Challenge’s Dallara AV-21 is equipped with three Luminar lidar sensors. Hopes that Magna and Innoviz will provide a solid-state lidar solution that cuts down on both cost and complexity.īut lidar isn't just future tech. Press and Luminar investors are invited to an exclusive night time experience at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway featuring the most advanced autonomous race cars on a blacked out raceway. In 2017, GM bought Strobe, another lidar developer. Volvo is far from the only automaker investing in lidar companies themselves.Īnd Baidu teamed up in 2016 to invest in Velodyne, one of the leading lidar developers at the moment. For nearly four years, we’ve followed Luminar’s Iris long-range LiDAR technology, which has led to multiple business relationships with major automakers like Volvo Cars and now Polestar. Self-driving car sensor startup Luminar Technologies Inc will supply Volvo Cars with its Iris lidar and Sentinel software in combination with software from Volvo in the electric XC90 SUV that will. Many automakers, in addition to developers like Waymo, have seen fit to add lidar to their arsenal, with the notable exception of It's able to create point maps that, in conjunction with other sensors and cameras, can give a self-driving car a clear picture of what's going on around it. Luminar’s advanced lidar technology is prominent in the upcoming EX90 from Polestar co-owner Volvo Cars, which is selling the all-electric SUV as the safest vehicle it has ever produced. Whereas radar uses radio waves to determine the position of objects, lidar uses quick pulses of light.

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