LiDAR is getting so cheap it’d be madness not to use it in self-driving cars

LiDAR, a combination of the words light and radar, is a type of sensor technology that’s popular among some self-driving car companies for real-time mapping. But so far, the tech has been kind of expensive keeping it out the reach of many. Now, LiDAR tech is getting so cheap it’s making it stupid not to include the sensor tech. Chinese electric component manufacturer Huawei says that it’s working on a significantly cheaper LiDAR sensor, which could cost less than $100, Autoevolution reports. This could make the sensors up to, if not more, than five times cheaper than they are at…

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