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According to [1] Waymo produces its own lidars. In 2017 it costed $7500 without being mass produced. Edit: wording. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/8/1420
by mda 7y ago
According to [1] Waymo produces its own lidars. In 2017 it costed $7500 without being mass produced.
Edit: wording.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/8/14206084/google-waymo-self-driving-chrysler-pacifica-minivan-detroit-2017 https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/8/14206084/google-waymo-self...
- nxpnsv 7y agoI guess I CAN afford a Tesla...
- mda 7y agoI was just answering to the claim "when just the lidar for a waymo car costs more than the entire tesla vehicle". Which is clearly wrong. The tesla you can afford still does not have self driving capabilities either btw.
- nxpnsv 7y agoI made this joke as I found disparity between the message its reply humorous. If you disagree, feel free to ignore my comment. That aside, it is quite cool how Waymo cut costs by 90%: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/01/googles-waymo-invests-in-lidar-technology-cuts-costs-by-90-percent/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/01/googles-waymo-invests-i... (perhaps there are newer developments of which I am not aware). The old numbers indeed exceed the price of most teslas...
- mda 7y agoI see, I missed the joke I think, reading again, it was quite obvious, sorry about that.
- m463 7y agoAll the Waymo vans I've seen have had multiple lidar sensors, I think 4?