Austin Russell, Luminar tus tsim thiab CEO, nrog Markus Schäfer, Mercedes-Benz AG tus thawj coj thev naus laus zis ntawm Mercedes-Benz 'Sindelfingen, lub teb chaws Yelemees cog.
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Mercedes-Benz tau hais rau hnub Thursday nws npaj yuav siv lidar thev naus laus zis los ntawm Luminar hauv nws cov tsheb tiam tom ntej, tsav tsheb sib koom ntawm tech start-up 13% siab dua hauv kev lag luam hnub Thursday thaum sawv ntxov.
Raws li ib feem ntawm daim ntawv cog lus, German automaker yuav tsum tau txais txog li 1.5 lab shares ntawm Luminar nyob rau lub sij hawm raws li cov tseem ceeb tau ntsib. Cov tuam txhab kuj pom zoo muab cov ntaub ntawv.
Luminar tab tom npaj rau kev tsim khoom ntawm nws lidar thev naus laus zis tom qab xyoo no. Cov tuam txhab tsis kam hais thaum Mercedes-Benz npaj yuav pib siv lidar thev naus laus zis hauv nws lub tsheb, tab sis Luminar CEO thiab tus tsim Austin Russell tau hais tias nws yuav nyob hauv "tsis ntev tom ntej."
Luminar CEO thiab tus tsim Austin Russell tham txog yuav ua li cas lub tuam txhab Iris lidar system tuaj yeem "pom" nws ib puag ncig. Nws qhia lawv hauv cov yeeb yuj kab uas sawv cev deb npaum li cas cov khoom nyob ntawm lub tsheb.
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"Nws yog qhov loj heev rau Luminar," nws hais thaum sib tham hauv online los ntawm lub teb chaws Yelemees. "Nws yog lwm qhov kev tshaj tawm OEM loj thiab kev lag luam loj rau peb."
Luminar xyoo tas los tshaj tawm Volvo yuav yog thawj automaker muab Luminar lub lidar technology raws li tus qauv ntawm ib tug tshiab hluav taws xob flagship SUV uas tau teem caij yuav nthuav tawm xyoo no. Russell tau piav qhia txog qhov kev cog lus nrog Mercedes-Benz "zoo ib yam li ntau yam" rau Luminar qhov kev cog lus nrog Volvo.
Lidars, lossis pom lub teeb pom kev zoo thiab lub kaw lus siv tau, tuaj yeem paub qhov chaw nyob ib puag ncig thiab pab tsav tsheb kom tsis txhob muaj kev cov nyom. Lawv siv lub teeb ci los tsim cov duab siab daws teeb meem uas pom tau lub ntiaj teb pom tseeb dua li cov koob yees duab lossis radar ib leeg.
Luminar cov khoom lag luam kaw hnub Wednesday ntawm $ 13.45 ib feem, nqis 6.7%. Shares ntawm Luminar, uas mus rau pej xeem los ntawm SPAC deal thaum lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2020, tau nqis 19% lub hlis no. Nws cov peev nyiaj lag luam yog $ 4.9 billion.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/20/shares-of-autonomous-driving-tech-company-luminar-surge-on-mercedes-benz-deal-.html