Nissan spurns lidar tech, siding with Musk

Nissan lidar presentation — Tetsuya Iijima, Nissan's general manager of advanced technology development for automated driving: "At the moment, lidar lacks the capabilities to exceed the capabilities of the latest technology in radar and cameras." (REUTERS)

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NAOMI TAJITSU

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Reuters

May 16, 2019 10:39 AM

YOKOHAMA -- Nissan Motor Co. said on Thursday it would, for now, stick to self-driving technology which uses radar sensors and cameras, avoiding lidar or light-based sensors because of their high cost and limited capabilities.

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