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Re:Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics by zemvpferreira on Monday February 23, 2026 @07:30AM (#47121463)
Limited resources? Billions per year are being thrown at the base technology. We have the capital deployed to exhaust every path ten times over.
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Re:Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics by nlitened on Monday February 23, 2026 @08:31AM (#47122080)
Even if so, it doesn't mean that capital deployment efficiency and expected payoff make equal sense in all directions.

Then again, it's good that we have self-driving companies with lidar and without — we will find out which approach wins.

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Re:Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics by kikki on Monday February 23, 2026 @11:41AM (#47124744)
We have already found out, Waymo is SAE Level 4, Tesla is SAE Level 2
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