Autonomous Vehicle News
Luminar, a global automotive technology company, has announced a new partnership with Mercedes-Benz to provide LiDAR hardware and operating software to all upcoming next-generation production vehicles. The German brand is the second high-profile automaker to partner with Luminar, the first being Volvo. Luminar introduced the Iris last year and claims it's the most advanced LiDAR solution for series-production autonomous solutions. Since then, Mercedes-Benz has successfully completed an initial testing phase and hit all of the milestones set for the system. The two brands first teamed up two years ago, but it was a collaborative deal to advance the technology.