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Briefing
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- Long-Range and High-Resolution Sensors – Startup Luminar unveiled lidar sensors that can sense objects in high resolution within 200-meter range, compared to competing sensors that detect objects within 35-50 meters
- Lidar Sensors Background – Maps car’s surroundings in 3D by bouncing light off objects to obtain their distance and density, allowing driverless cars to avoid obstacles
- Fully Built In-House – Built from ground up including lasers, receivers, chips, packaging, and more, rather than using components from suppliers
- Enhanced Safety – Provides cars with seven seconds reaction time, compared to other lidar sensors’ one second, improving safety of self-driving vehicles
- More Expensive – Priced at a slight premium over Quanergy's $250 sensors as component uses premium materials to detect objects in longer range
- Interest from Car Companies – Car manufacturers willing to buy lidar sensors from Luminar’s first production run, starting in 2017
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Transportation and Logistics
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Organization
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Luminar Technologies Inc.
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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April 13, 2017
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