RE: Lucid DMS28 Jul 2020 20:27
It must be us. Too many connections not to be.....
Lucid says that it worked with the suppliers Continental and Bosch, as well as Here (for mapping and telematics), although the integration for the systems was done entirely in-house.
The company had previously partnered with Mobileye, which supplied the earlier Hardware 1 sensor set for Tesla’s Autopilot system. But it confirmed to Green Car Reports that while it’s not announcing its lidar partner at this time, Mobileye is not involved in the revamped system for the production-bound Air.
Lucid’s earlier plan also involved real-time mapping and learning through aggregated data logging—a strategy that sounds a lot like that of fellow Silicon Valley EV maker Tesla. Lucid declined to say whether that remains part of the strategy but said that it will have more to share about the Air’s “stringent privacy controls” closer to the model’s launch.
Dr. Eugene Lee, Lucid’s senior director for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving, said that DreamDrive has been developed to be “among the most advanced ADAS to ever be offered to consumers.”
Lee, who formerly oversaw autonomous vehicle development at Hyundai and spearheaded the development of Super Cruise at GM, explained to Green Car Reports: “Lucid chose to include lidar in its sensor suite for Level 2+ ADAS not just because it’s the optimal technology for long-range sensing, but also because it adds a high level of redundancy to the sensor suite overall.”
According to Lee, the lidar the company has chosen extends to 150 meters, with a relatively wide field of view, “so it captures a tremendous amount of data and allows for an increased level of safety in assisted driving modes.”
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