Mercedes-Benz recently announced that it will deepen cooperation with Luminar Company, the goal is to import Luminar's LiDAR Guangda technology into its own combat force, and the way mercedes-Benz cooperation is to directly invest in Luminar Company; according to foreign media reports, Mercedes-Benz purchased about 1.5 million shares of Luminar shares, although less than 1% of the equity, but also showed the intention and determination for the introduction of LiDAR technology.
Luxury brands in the automatic driving technology competition has been quite fierce, when the Level 2 level of automatic driving technology has been almost a must-have in the market, many luxury brands have been in some flagship car series, the introduction of The Level 3 version, Mercedes-Benz in their own S-Class and EQS car series has introduced a Level 3 level system, however, due to the different regulatory processes in various countries, so it is currently only open for use in limited areas.
At present, Mercedes-Benz has introduced Level 3 level autonomous driving technology into some flagship car series, so the introduction of LiDAR technology should be used for subsequent development of Levl 4 level or above. On the left is Luminar CEO Austin Russell, and on the right is Daimler and Mercedes-Benz board member Markus Sch fer.
The advantage of LiDAR Technology is that the detection distance is long, high accuracy, fast response, can be detected 360 degrees, is one of the most suitable devices for automatic driving, so many brands are actively cooperating and importing, is expected to appear in the next generation of products, Mercedes-Benz this investment to deepen cooperation with Luminar, should be for the next generation of autonomous driving technology and preparation, that is, to launch a Level 4, or even a Level 5 version.
Daimler and Mercedes-Benz board member Markus Sch fer said: "We have now cooperated with many first-class companies in technology, and the addition of Luminar is even more powerful, and mercedes-Benz has launched a Level 3 level of autonomous driving technology, which is a very important milestone in the development of autonomous driving, and Luminar's technological advantages are more conducive to the future prospects of Mercedes-Benz autonomous driving."