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Tesla Becomes Luminar’s Top Lidar Customer in Q1

Tesla has become the largest customer of lidar technology firm Luminar, accounting for over 10% of the company’s revenue in the first quarter of 2024, reports TechCrunch. This…

Apple Car Project Loses Manager to Lidar Startup After Less Than a Year

The Apple car project continues to see its staff shift and depart, it appears, with the latest seeing a manager depart for a lidar startup instead. Former Apple…

Mercedes Acquires Stake in Luminar, Taps Lidar Sensors for Future Cars

Lidar startup Luminar announced a new automotive partnership with Mercedes-Benz on Thursday, in which the automaker will also gain a stake in the startup, according to Automotive News.…

Tesla Model Y Spotted with Lidar Sensors are From Luminar, Report Says

Multiple Tesla Model Y units with Luminar radar equipment have been spotted, the most recent of which was seen last week on Twitter. According to unnamed people familiar…

Tesla Vice President of Legal Leaves to Join Lidar Startup Luminar

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has famously dismissed the use of lidar laser-sensing technology for self-driving vehicles, but in a major blow to the company, one of its executives…

Luminar Going Public Will Turn its 25-Year-Old CEO into a Billionaire

While Tesla has had some major gains this year and in many years past, other auto company adjacents with serious potential are just beginning to enter the market.…