BMW tests next-gen LiDAR to beat Tesla to Level 3 self-driving cars::Tesla’s autonomous vehicle tech has been perennially stuck at Level 2 self-driving, as BMW and other rivals try to leapfrog to Level 3.

  • kupfakura
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    1 year ago

    Sadly Toyota is struggling to make a decent EV years after leading in hybrids. BMW on the other hand has insane efficiency

    • Friendliestfire@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      Still bizarre to me that Toyota had such a lead with hybrids and then went in on hydrogen and missed the boat on evs

      • AEsheron@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        From what I’ve heard, they have a history of letting other companies trailblaze, and then they come in to refine and perfect tech afterward. They recently tried to be the trailblazer and bet on a losing tech. Hopefully now they are refining the ev game and will come out with something above and beyond what we’ve seen so far as per their old MO.

      • buzziebee@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        They’ve made some incredible solid state battery leaps recently. For Japan hydrogen actually makes way more sense than a pure EV play too due to the way their grid(s) is set up and their power generation capacity. It’s their home market too so they are going to prioritise that.

        • maniajack@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          The solid state press releases Toyota releases every once in a while do look incredible. It would be nice for them to demonstrate and deliver it though because I hope it’s not vaporware.