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I wonder how much a production version will cost, with all the high-tech equipment..

• Symmetry 12y ago
  It looks like the lidar costs $75K retail, but none of the rest of the sensors look particularly expensive.
  • DannyBee 12y ago
    This is because they produce so few of them a year. If someone wanted to sit around and just produce lidar units, i'm sure it could be done for 100x less.
  • Rthakur 12y ago
    Velodyne recently released a 16 channel LIDAR for ~ $8000. I agree with you that the cost can come down tremendously with volume. You also need to consider the differences within LIDAR systems. The velodyne system is for 360 degree field of view. Other automotive LIDAR systems (See continental, Valeo, Ibeo, etc) with lower FOV and functionality (forward collision warning, blindspot detection,etc) are much lower cost > 10x ....
• lukasm 12y ago
  even 0.5m would make it stainable business.
• seren 12y ago
  For a business, e.g. a taxi, you'll have to compare it with a driver salary for X years.