Leading global automotive technology company Luminar and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team today announced a new strategic collaboration that will leverage Luminar’s existing development work with Mercedes-Benz to integrate Luminar’s technology into the Official FIA F1 Safety Car with that work beginning in 2024.
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LiDAR, which stands for Light and Detection Ranging, uses lasers to create a highly detailed 3D map of the surrounding environment. Luminar’s LiDAR and AI software uniquely enable precise object detection at higher speeds and under adverse driving conditions. Luminar’s technology is built from the chip-level up, and at a higher wavelength that allows it to see road debris up to 250 meters and objects up to 500 meters ahead.
The ability to detect still and moving objects at high speeds and under wide-ranging conditions makes Luminar’s LiDAR an excellent match for the Official FIA F1 Safety Car. Luminar and Mercedes-AMG will work together to integrate Luminar’s technology into the roofline of the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series.
Once operational, and subject to Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 regulatory compliance and approval, and in compliance with the FIA Formula 1 regulations, the sensor would create a real-time 3D map of the environment ahead of the FIA F1 Safety Car, notably enhancing the safety car driver’s ability to assess the situation on the track while maintaining the required high speeds.
Austin Russell, Founder and CEO of Luminar, said:
Luminar’s technology has always been about pushing the limits of performance while improving automotive safety – and with F1, Mercedes-AMG is taking it to the extreme on a world stage of automotive enthusiasts. The same leading technology developed in partnership with Mercedes-Benz for their production cars will be shared with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, demonstrating performance and safety advantages at any speed from the city to the autobahn to the track.
Markus Schäfer, Mercedes-Benz AG Chief Technology Officer & Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team Non-Executive Chairman, commented:
The partnership with our Formula 1 team is a natural extension of Mercedes-Benz’s existing collaboration with Luminar to help realize our vision for accident-free driving in Mercedes production cars. Mercedes-Benz has always been at the forefront of innovation and…
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