Luminar has refused to disclose why Tesla is purchasing so many lidar sensors from it
Tesla has previously acknowledged using lidar to verify its self-driving systems. The carmaker may have purchased as many as 2,100 lidar sensors in Q1. Elon Musk has previously said companies using lidar for self-driving systems are doomed. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has lambasted lidar sensors on multiple occasions but as it turns out, the electric carmaker is the single largest lidar customer of Luminar, a leading lidar technology company.
The revelation comes just a few weeks after Tesla’s own quarterly earnings call when Musk said its vision-only system was the best way to achieve full autonomy. “It is obvious that our solution with a relatively low-cost inference computer and standard cameras can achieve self-driving,” he said. “No lidars, no radars, ultrasonic. Nothing.” The Verge reports the average Luminar lidar sensor cost approximately $1,000, suggesting Tesla may have purchased as many as 2,100 of them.
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