Nissan will retain radar sensors and cameras for its self-driving vehicle technology instead of the more expensive LiDAR, already rejected by Tesla CEO Elon Musk as “a fool’s errand”. The Japanese carmaker, which plans to launch self-driving cars by 2020, said there is an imbalance between LiDAR’s cost and its capabilities. Nissan’s ProPILOT 3D technology for self-driving vehicles, which uses GPS, radar, sonar, cameras and 2.0 mapping data, will be launched in Japan later in 2019. Companies using LiDAR include General Motors, Ford and Alphabet subsidiary Waymo.
Nissan will retain radar sensors and cameras for its self-driving vehicle technology instead of the more expensive LiDAR, already rejected by Tesla CEO Elon Musk as “a fool’s errand”. The Japanese carmaker, which plans to launch self-driving cars by 2020, said there is an imbalance between LiDAR’s cost and its capabilities. Nissan’s ProPILOT 2.0 technology for self-driving vehicles, which uses GPS, radar, sonar, cameras and 3D mapping data, will be launched in Japan later in 2019. Companies using LiDAR include General Motors, Ford and Alphabet subsidiary Waymo.