Mercedes-Benz will add Luminar lidar to “a broad range” of vehicles by mid-decade

The lidar will help power Mercedes’ Level 3 Drive Pilot system.

Mercedes-Benz will add lidar sensors to “a broad range” of its vehicles by the middle of the decade, the company announced at an investor event in California on Wednesday. The laser sensors will help power the German automaker’s, which allows for hands-free unsupervised driving on certain highways.

Mercedes is the latest automaker to commit to selling vehicles to customers with rooftop lidar sensors. The laser sensor, a key component in the suites used by most autonomous vehicles, employs near-infrared light to detect the shapes and distances of objects. Combined with camera images and other sensor data, lidar helps vehicles “see” other objects on the road, like cars, pedestrians, and cyclists, all without the help of GPS or a network connection.

Mercedes will be one of the first automakers to install Luminar’s Iris lidar in its production vehicles

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