Industry and investment outlook
Current prices for most LiDAR companies are exorbitantly high even though many of the newer technologies being marketed are likely ten years away from commercial deployment on mass-produced automobiles. The companies commanding the highest prices are those developing InGaAs-based, solid-state LiDARs, or other emerging technologies such as AI-augmented sensor suites. As there are many hurdles to obtain regulatory approval and deploy street-ready sensor technologies for self-driving cars, the pragmatic approach would be to invest in an array of competing sensor companies including the new types of radars, cameras, and established LiDAR