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So a good LIDAR steers a car all by itself? I'm willing to bet that there is a ton more of technology involved in self driving vehicles than you are giving it

So a good LIDAR steers a car all by itself? I'm willing to bet that there is a ton more of technology involved in self driving vehicles than you are giving it credit for here. Not sure why the down votes. There is a lot more technology here than one type of sensor, there ia a huge software stack. Uber clearly paid $500M because they wanted to get access to someone who had been doing it for a decade and had built that stack more than once. Whether Uber thought they were getting Google technology in the deal is the big question of the lawsuit, but it's very possible they just wanted to jumpstart their own effort by buying a team that was already up to speed.

angry-hacker 10y ago
And the other question is why would auto makers want to sell or sacrifice their production capacity so they Google can kill them? Also, there are soy many regulations and safety rules in the industry, if they can't abolish them (with perfect tech/lobbying) old automakers will win.
- mastax 10y ago
  > And the other question is why would auto makers want to sell or sacrifice their production capacity so they Google can kill them? Good point, but I think there are many ways to make this work. Two ideas: 1. Contract with a small/failing auto manufacturer who has little to lose (e.g. Mitsubishi). 2. Work with a manufacturer to build vehicles and also license them tech (Chrysler and Honda are interested [0]). [0]: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2017/01/10/alphabets-waymo-envisions-production-alliance-to-cut-automated-car-tech-cost/#799c00fc455b https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2017/01/10/alphabet...