LiDARs for self-driving vehicles: a technological arms race

A fiery debate has been raging in the autonomous driving world about the role of LiDAR in the future of self-driving cars: an unparalleled 3D environment mapper, vital to Level 5 autonomy to proponents, or a shortcut to a “dead end” to opponents such as Tesla’s Elon Musk. But what are the facts in this ongoing debate?

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