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Farley: LiDAR is “mission critical” for Ford AV success

Ford’s Chief Executive emphasises caution and sensor redundancy in the deployment of autonomous vehicles. By Stewart Burnett

Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley has publicly backed Waymo's multi-sensor approach to autonomous driving over Tesla's camera vision-only system, calling laser sensors “mission critical”. Put on the spot at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Farley said Ford considers Waymo's approach superior when asked to compare the two companies' strategies.

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