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Re:Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics by dzhiurgis on Monday February 23, 2026 @04:35PM (#47129219)
20 meters away motion vision is more accurate than stereoscopic vision. What is lidar helping to solve here?
Re:Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics by dymk on Monday February 23, 2026 @04:50PM (#47129453)
Waymo claims its system, which uses a combination of LIDAR & vision, resolves objects up to 500 meters away

https://waymo.com/blog/2024/08/meet-the-6th-generation-waymo...

This company claims their LIDAR works conservatively at 250m, and up to 750m depending on reflectivity

https://www.cepton.com/driving-lidar/reading-lidar-specs-par...