Chinese Carmaker SAIC Teams Up with Lidar Specialist Luminar to Make New Self-Driving Cars

Mar 19, 2021

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*Luminar’s Iris lidar is expected to be installed in the roofline of the new “R brand” vehicles. (Source: Luminar)*

China’s largest automaker SAIC Motor is partnering with US lidar producer Luminar to develop autonomous driving technologies for a new high-tech line of vehicles, the companies announced on Thursday.

Luminar’s Iris lidar is expected to be inst…

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