(Bloomberg) — Luminar Technologies Inc. shares surged on Monday after former NASA scientist Mark Rober test-drove a car equipped with the company’s lidar technology in a YouTube video and said ...

Tesla's abandonment of LIDAR and radar sensors and use of visual information from cameras alone has been revealed as a risky bet. Popular YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober recently ...

Tesla Autopilot drove into Wile E. Coyote-style fake road wall in the middle of the road in a camera versus lidar test. While most companies developing self-driving technologies have been using a ...

Mark Rover conducted multiple tests with a Model Y and a LiDar-equipped Lexus RX. In the final comparison the two cars hurtle towards a theater-style fake road backdrop. Tesla’s refusal to equip ...