Li Auto CEO Defends Use Of LiDAR Despite Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Criticism: 'If Musk Had Ever Driven On Different Highways In China...'
Li Auto CEO Defends Use Of LiDAR Despite Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Criticism: 'If Musk Had Ever Driven On Different Highways In China...'
LiDAR, short for Light Detection and Ranging, is a remote sensing technology that uses laser light to measure distances and create detailed three-dimensional representations of surfaces and objects.Chinese EV startup Li Auto's (NASDAQ:LI) founder and CEO Li Xiang on Friday reportedly backed the use of LiDAR technology in the company's vehicles, saying it is necessary on the roads in China.
中國電動車初創公司理想汽車（納斯達克：LI）的創始人兼首席執行官李想在週五表示，支持在公司車輛中使用激光雷達技術，稱其在中國的道路上是必要的。
What Happened: "I believe that if Musk had ever driven on different highways in China deep in the night, he would have chosen to keep a LiDAR in the front as well," Li Xiang said at an AI talk event on Friday, as reported by CNEVPOST. The CEO was responding to a question on why Li Auto continues to use LiDAR when Tesla doesn't.
發生了什麼：李想在週五的人工智能論壇上表示："我相信，如果馬斯克曾在中國深夜的不同高速公路上駕駛，他也會選擇在前面保持一個激光雷達。" CEO在回應關於理想汽車爲何在特斯拉不使用激光雷達的提問時如此說道。
"China is different from the US. If you regularly drive at night in China, you'll see large trucks with broken taillights, and the large trucks with broken taillights maybe even parked right on the main road," the CEO said while adding that the company will continue to use the technology in future vehicle models. LiDAR, he said, helps ensure safety on the road.
"中國與美國不同。如果你經常在中國夜間駕駛，你會看到一些大型卡車的尾燈壞了，甚至有些大型卡車就停在主幹道上，" CEO補充道，公司將在未來的車型中繼續使用這項技術。他表示，激光雷達有助於確保道路安全。
LiDAR, short for Light Detection and Ranging, is a remote sensing technology that uses laser light to measure distances and create detailed three-dimensional representations of surfaces and objects.
激光雷達，英文全稱爲Light Detection and Ranging，是一種遠程傳感技術，利用激光光束測量距離，並創建表面和物體的詳細三維表示。
Why It Matters: Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk has previously criticized LiDAR, terming it a "crutch". None of the company's sold vehicles have lidars. In 2022, the company also removed ultrasonic sensors from its vehicles to rely solely on cameras.
爲何重要：特斯拉公司CEO埃隆·馬斯克之前曾批評激光雷達，稱其爲"柺杖"。公司銷售的車輛沒有配備激光雷達。2022年，該公司還從車輛中移除了超聲波傳感器，僅依賴攝像頭。
"Did my best to warn people that LiDAR isn't optimal for cars. Roads are designed for biological neural nets & eyes, so digital neural nets & cameras will work best," Musk said in Aug. 2023.
"我盡力警告人們激光雷達並不適合汽車。道路是爲生物神經網絡和眼睛設計的，因此數字神經網絡和攝像頭效果最佳，" 馬斯克在2023年8月表示。
Chinese EV maker XPeng also dropped of use of LiDAR in its new P7+ sedan launched last month.
中國電動車製造商小鵬也在上個月推出的新款P7+轎車中停止使用激光雷達。
However, not all are in agreement.
然而，並不是所有人都同意這一觀點。
"...you really do need significantly more hardware than Tesla is putting in the vehicles to build a robotaxi that's not just as safe but especially safer than a human," Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson opined in October while adding that there is a need for sensor data despite advancements in AI to protect against camera malfunctions and ensure fully safe rides.
"……你確實需要比特斯拉在車輛中提供的更多的硬件，以建立一個不僅安全而且比人類更安全的機器人出租車，" Zoox聯合創始人傑西·萊文森在十月發表了這一觀點，並補充說，儘管人工智能取得了進展，但仍然需要傳感器數據以防止相機故障並確保完全安全的乘車體驗。
Alphabet Inc.'s autonomous ride-hail company Waymo also continues to use LiDAR in its robotaxis.
Alphabet Inc的自動駕駛打車公司Waymo也繼續在其機器人出租車中使用激光雷達。
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