Chinese Carmaker SAIC Teams Up with Lidar Specialist Luminar to Make New Self-Driving Cars

Luminar’s Iris lidar is expected to be installed in the roofline of the new “R brand” vehicles. (Source: Luminar)

China’s largest automaker SAIC Motor is partnering with US lidar producer Luminar to develop autonomous driving technologies for a new high-tech line of vehicles, the companies announced on Thursday.

Luminar’s Iris lidar is expected to be inst…