[eloff]

And this seems to prove him right with $6k - 16k price range. Far too expensive to be practical. Still the potential is there for it to be a useful component for self driving vehicles, only if the price comes down an order of magnitude.

[apacala]

Ouster CEO here.

This is single unit pricing. Volume discounts apply. Still work to do to get this in every honda civic, but it is possible with our technology.

[cma]

How much is a chauffeur? Or taxi driver salary?

[eloff]

It's a sensor. Not an AI. The competition is cameras and radar, which are very cheap.

[cma]

If this sensor puts it over the edge and the rest of the cost isn't high, then the competition is paid drivers.

[eloff]

If that were true, sure. But I don't think it's so much better than other sensors for that to be a plausible scenario. Not my field though, so take it with a grain of salt.