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LIDAR has seen many cost reductions as capabilities continue to increase. I don't know the area well enough to speculate how much optimization might be left. >

by xnx 1y ago

LIDAR has seen many cost reductions as capabilities continue to increase. I don't know the area well enough to speculate how much optimization might be left. > Or, is it just the philosophical difference over pre-mapping, and not doing so? It seems to be a "burn the ships" style bet that the Tesla engineers will get to camera-only self driving first without having ever relied on LIDAR. It's equally as likely (or moreso) that Waymo could get there first with better ground truth data from the LIDAR.

tim333 1y ago
>A LiDAR unit, for instance, used to cost 30,000 yuan (about $4,100), but now it costs only around 1,000 yuan (about $138) — a dramatic decrease, said Li. https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/20/lidars-wicked-cost-drop/ https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/20/lidars-wicked-cost-drop... at $138 I'm not sure there's much need to go cheaper.