[melling]

In the article it says WayNo has already reduced the cost of Lidar by 90%:

“Waymo, the Google spin-off, claims it has cut the cost of an experimental version of the high-end LIDAR to around $7,500. It did not release details”

More details here: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/01/googles-waymo-invests-i...

[hendzen]

They "reduced" the cost by stealing Velodyne's Lidar technology and filing a false patent on it.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/10/lone-engineer-spanks-wa...