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EV maker reported to be considering Chinese lidar; said it was unaware of the review.
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Lucid built 2,954 cars in the third quarter, 38% fewer than in the second, against pledges of 45,000 driverless cars for Bolt and Uber. In Europe the harder limit is an EU-wide approval route that caps each vehicle type at 1,500 cars a year.
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Bolt aims to put at least 25,000 driverless Lucids on European roads under a non-binding framework with no order and no date, while the only EU-wide approval route for a fully automated car allows 1,500 of a type a year.
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The question of when a robot driver is good enough has been the industry's to answer. NHTSA's new consortium with SAE is meant to produce the competency test that would settle it, with the agency's rulemaking to follow.
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Spark Capital led a $120 million Series A at a $1 billion post-money valuation, putting TAR at $880 million before the cash arrived. The round discloses no contracted megawatts and no other investors.
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Idaho National Laboratory's review is funded by unnamed electric and autonomous vehicle companies, per TechCrunch's sources. Seven firms reported to be considering Hesai and RoboSense parts were unaware of it.
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