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Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da... by jdc on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:03AM (#20975515)
From the CNET article:

>> Typically, the lidar unit can spot things from more than 328 feet away.

>> In this case, the company said the darkest of dark BMWs would need to be about 72 feet away before the lasers and ambient light register the moving black hole.

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Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da... by lgats on Sunday September 15, 2019 @08:33PM (#20980286)
LIDAR is most effective at a distance from the license plate, headlight, and chrome reflective parts of a car. There is a laser absorbing product called VEIL made specifically for reducing these reflections.

https://www.stealthveil.com/faq/

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