diplomat33
Average guy who loves autonomous vehicles
Is there a reason why there's no examples from major OEMs? It's impossible to not notice the huge sensor on the roof of Waymo, Nuro, Cruise, ..etc... is missing from consumer vehicles.
Volvo has been around, but they're small, and got swallowed-up by Geely a while ago.
NIO probably has a bright-future, but do they even sell anything outside of China currently?
Not sure what you are asking. Some automakers, like Mercedes, are putting the lidar behind the front grill of their consumer cars. Other companies like Volvo and NIO opted to put the lidar in a small bump at the top of the windshield. Consumer cars only have 1-2 smaller solid state lidar. They are cheaper and more conspicuous. The emphasis is on cost and style. But the lidar on consumer cars is only used for L2 driver assist. Robotaxi companies like Waymo Cruise opt for the roof lidar and more sensors because they want the car to have more perception in order to handle L4 or L5 as reliably as possible. Cost and style are less of an option. The emphasis is more utilitarian, making sure the FSD works reliably.