Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes lidar is a "fool's errand." A former Tesla engineer, Eric Aguilar, cofounded an entire company to perfect it. His bet: all robots — whether vehicular or humanoid — will ...

Tesla’s refusal to equip its cars with LiDar sensors is deeply controversial, with some tech experts claiming that the company’s reliance on cameras makes its cars less safe than rivals. Now a ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Leaders at one of Tesla's competitors simply don't understand why Elon Musk is so critical of LiDAR.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that lidar sensors are a "crutch" for autonomous vehicles. But his company has bought so many from Luminar that Tesla is now the lidar-maker's top customer. Tesla ...

Tesla is ramping Cybercab production, but the steering-wheel-less robotaxi won't reach consumers and its stuck FSD software ...

Eric Aguilar was a Tesla engineer working on the rollout of the company's Model 3. Aguilar left Tesla in 2018 and cofounded Omnitron Sensors a year later. His goal is to make lidar more affordable and ...