A new ‘color’ Lidar breakthrough just made 'hands-off' self-driving cars a reality, experts say — Chinese tech will 'significantly enhance' spatial intelligence and reduce the need to 'guess' objects like traffic lights

Volvo Lidar.

• The world's biggest Lidar maker just unveiled its next-gen technology
• The system can detect color, velocity and reflectivity
• The tech is expected to hit the market later this year

The world's biggest Lidar sensor manufacturer has just announced a next-gen version of its technology that is tipped to give self-driving cars a huge reliability boost.