Tesla bought over $2 million worth of lidar sensors from Luminar this year

EMBARGO: June 15, 2021, 10:30am ET | Image: Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge

Elon Musk doesn’t like lidar, the laser sensor that powers many companies’ self-driving ambitions. He previously called it a “crutch” and said any company that relies on lidar for its autonomous capabilities was “doomed.”

Well, apparently Tesla is stocking up on crutches.

In its quarterly earnings report released today, Orlando-based lidar manufacturer Luminar disclosed that Tesla was its “largest LiDAR customer in Q1,” comprising more …

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