The German company Bosch is developing lidarsensoren of self-propelled cars that is due for the automotive industry. Lidarsystemen may be in the area during the drive-in, high-resolution 3-d mapping.

as Lidar, works on the basis of the country. The lasers reflect off the surrounding area and a map together. Lidar is often used in conjunction with cameras, sensors and radar systems. According to Bosch, is to have a system good enough to do well in the city as well as highway use.

a Lot of other automakers with ambitions in the field of autonomous driving using lidar. Among others, Ford, General Motors, and the Alphabet-based company Waymo to put the technology to the environment in the future.

Bosch wanted to be the lidarsystemen of large-scale production. In this way, the cost to manufacturers of the technology in their cars and want to deploy it down. At this time, lidarsystemen tend to be very expensive. Such a system, it often costs tens of thousands of dollars.

Not all of the car manufacturers believe in the lidar. Tesla is not using the sensors, for example, is not. This is mainly due to the high cost of production. Tesla uses a camera and radar as the visibility in front of the car.

It is not clear if Bosch is the lidarsystemen are going to spend, and at what price. A spokesperson told Reuters that the company is “ready for production”. It is unclear whether or not a Bosch though customers have the sensors.