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Leon Poultney

'We really believe that Lidar is mission critical': Ford CEO says Waymo's self-driving car tech makes more sense Tesla's

A Tesla robotaxi on the road next to the interior of a Waymo car.

Ford CEO Jim Farley has said that he believes LiDAR is “mission critical” to any autonomous driving system and that when a brand like Ford explores the technology, it has “to be really careful” in its approach.

Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival last week, Farley was pushed by Elon Musk biographer Walter Isaacson to compare both Tesla’s and Waymo’s current autonomous driving systems, asking which approach made most sense.

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