Under existing partnership, Luminar supplies LiDAR for Polestar 3.Polestar 3 commands including lidar are available in Europe and North America today followed by Australia later this month and China in mid-April. We look forward to combining our R&D and product design expertise to deliver truly amazing lidar integration and capabilities for the Polestar brand. Luminar is at the forefront of lidar technology development and this closer collaboration will enable more innovation in our cars in the future. The Polestar CEO shared additional thoughts following today’s confirmation of the collaboration: Ingenlath in December 2021, when the automaker laid out its plans for a new EV model every year until 2025.Īt the time, Ingenlath said the lidar sensor won’t protrude from the windshield as much as it does on the Precept EV concept it’s based on, noting that the technology would be supplied by Luminar. This is really just confirmation of a planned integration mentioned by Polestar CEO Thomas. In addition to the Polestar 3 news, Luminar has confirmed that Polestar intends to deepen their partnership and integrate lidar technology into their Polestar 5 GT, which is expected to launch sometime in 2024.
While Polestar 3 deliveries are still scheduled for Q4, the automaker makes a point to share that deliveries of those EVs equipped with Luminar’s lidar technology are expected to arrive in 2024. You can now reserve your Polestar 3 with lidar from LuminarĪccording to Luminar Technologies, sales of the Polestar 3 equipped with its long-range Iris lidar have carried over to customers in North America and Europe today. Thanks to the high demand for the technology, Polestar has increased the availability to reserve this option and has confirmed an expanded relationship with Luminar to implement lidar in future electric vehicles. Luminar’s advanced lidar technology is highlighted in the upcoming EX90 from Polestar co-owner Volvo Cars, which markets the all-electric SUV as the safest vehicle it has ever produced.ĭuring the official release of 3, Polestar once again mentioned a Pilot Pack add-on coming in Q2 2023 that will include lidar. A feature shared by Polestar as soon as last summer was that the 3 would eventually offer autonomous on-road piloting using Lidar sensors developed by Luminar ($LAZR) and centralized computing from NVIDIA. It will be the brand’s first all-electric SUV and its first model built on American soil, although initial deliveries will come from China.īefore the official opening, Polestar ($PSNY) He teased us with a few tidbits about the 3 SUV, including its expected range and availability to order. The Polestar 3 is scheduled to begin deliveries in the fourth quarter of this year after its official debut last October. Additionally, the automaker has allowed consumers who pre-order a Polestar 3 SUV to add Luminar lidar to their setup starting today. Automotive safety and autonomy specialist Luminar Technologies announced that EV automaker Polestar intends to deepen its partnership with the former by implementing its long-range Iris lidar on the upcoming Polestar 5, based on the Precept concept.
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