LiDAR from Standard to Scrapped: Volvo Teaches the Industry a Cost Lesson

Volvo's compensation to Norwegian owners this time looks on the surface like an admission of changing technical routes, but it's actually an engineering-level review of "putting LiDAR in cars." The 18,000 NOK compensation isn't high compared to the total vehicle cost, but the signal it sends is worth noting for all new energy vehicle makers: the positioning of LiDAR in mass-produced cars is shifting from a "must-have" to an "optional," or even a "discarded" feature.