Self - driving start - up Aurora Innovation has agreed to buy Blackmore , which develops LIDAR . Aurora is among a slew of firms focusing on self - driving car systems based on the laser vision technology , which creates precise images of its vehicles , and has partnerships with Byton , Hyundai and Volkswagen . Aurora CEO Chris Urmson was previously CTO of Alphabet ’s self - driving programme . Nissan said last week it would avoid using radar , citing cost and capability reasons , and instead stick with radar sensors and sensors .
Self-driving start-up Aurora Innovation has agreed to buy Blackmore, which develops LIDAR. Aurora is among a slew of firms working on self-driving car systems based on the laser light technology, which creates precise images of its environment, and has partnerships with Byton, Hyundai and Volkswagen. Aurora CEO Chris Urmson was previously CTO of Alphabet’s self-driving programme. Nissan said last week it would avoid using LIDAR, citing cost and capability reasons, and instead stick with radar sensors and cameras.