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This is an estimation for the self-driving hardware cost (computers, LIDAR, sensors). It does not include the base car price, as it can be easily optimized down
by cyberax 1y ago
This is an estimation for the self-driving hardware cost (computers, LIDAR, sensors). It does not include the base car price, as it can be easily optimized down to almost nothing (sub $10k).
The price is somewhat of a guess, several years ago, the hardware in Waymo was priced at $130k by Munro&Associates. But since then the cost of the LIDAR sensors fell by 90% or so, reducing the main expense.
And Baidu has cars on the road that cost $30k for the _entire_ car. So presumably, so even a couple of pricier sensors won't affect the estimate too much.
- rafram 1y ago> include the base car price, as it can be easily optimized down to almost nothing (sub $10k). Waymo uses brand-new electric Jaguars.
- cyberax 1y agoSure. Because why not? The cars are in the experimental stage, so they might as well use nice ones. But there is no _reason_ to use Jaguars and not specially-built smaller and less powerful cars, when Waymo finally starts a real rollout.
- digitalPhonix 1y agoSource? None of those numbers make sense. > The price is somewhat of a guess, several years ago, the hardware in Waymo was priced at $130k by Munro&Associates 10 years ago they had even more sensors dotting the car, instead of one honeycomb on each corner they had 2, so I find $130k hard to believe given what we know about the sensor kit today. > But since then the cost of the LIDAR sensors fell by 90% or so, reducing the main expense. I do not know of any lidar that has done that, and Waymo makes their own and we know their price(-ish) (and quantity). I think they’ve actually gone up in price (but also capability - honeycomb 1 vs gen 2).