The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[flatlander_60048]

Hi wow

I've been pondering this for a while. The underlying technology that the majority of the players are reliant on is lidar. However, it looks like the the players are private Luminar, Waymo and the venture capitalists like Peter Thiel have staked out their positions in a big way. I suspect that the # of patents may not be a good gauge of a company's overall ability. The secret will be in managing the lidar data in fast, efficient, economical manner. This is not a simple task. Some of the lidar guidance systems are sensitive enough to detect a bug moving toward the vehicle. Obviously, you wouldn't want the software systems to act on this data.

Regards FL