Sub-$200 Lidar coming soon, aiming at under $100 eventually

https://spectrum.ieee.org/solid-state-lidar-microvision-adas
https://fortune.com/2026/02/18/tesla-robotaxi-safety-concerns-crashes-elon-musk-big-bet/

Automobile grade Lidar price dropping fast, aiming at sub-$200 range soon.

Will Elon Musk admit that he was wrong and start having Lidar in all cars and robots? Or still insist on training models with vision only and no additional data? It's kind of like saying that human doesn't process "all" senses we have to make decisions, visions, voice, smell, temperature, etc.

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