The cost of the Lidar hardware was down to $7,500 well over a year ago and may have come down even more in the intervening time: http://www.businessinsider.com/

The cost of the Lidar hardware was down to $7,500 well over a year ago and may have come down even more in the intervening time: http://www.businessinsider.com/googles-waymo-reduces-lidar-cost-90-in-effort-to-scale-self-driving-cars-2017-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/googles-waymo-reduces-lidar-c...