Luminar, a Silicon Valley maker of laser lidar for self-driving vehicles, is shifting to a new phase with a multiyear agreement to supply its high-tech sensors to Volvo Cars
, which will use them as part of an autonomous system for consumer vehicles hitting the market in 2022. It’s the first such deal for Luminar and one of the earliest commercial production deals for the exotic optical technology.
“Soon, your Volvo will be able to drive autonomously on highways when the car determines it is safe to do so,” said Henrik Green, chief technology officer for Volvo Cars. Using the company’s Highway Pilot system, “your Volvo takes responsibility for the driving and you can relax, take your eyes off the road and your hands off the wheel. Over time, updates over the air will expand the areas in which the car can drive itself.
“In terms of something that’s really aiming at an autonomous deployment it's definitely a first of its kind,” says, the 25-year-old optics prodigy who dropped out of Stanford in 2013 to create Luminar. “The focus is really centered around highways.” Lidar’s ability to instantly create detailed 3D, point-cloud maps of a vehicle’s surroundings in daylight or darkness has made it essential technology for virtually every company working to perfect safe autonomous driving, with the notable exception of Tesla
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