Waymo to stop selling lidar self-driving car sensors
San Francisco: Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet Inc., has decided to stop selling light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors to other companies, in a reversal of its strategy to bring down costs.
“We’re winding down our commercial lidar business as we maintain our focus on developing and deploying our Waymo Driver across our Waymo One and Waymo Via units,” a Waymo spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday. The company will continue to build its lidars in-house.