Volvo

0 statements across 0 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 9, 2024 by Austin Russell · across every show →

Everything said about Volvo, oldest first

Jan 9, 2024 bullish
Assertion Supported
Luminar achieved 250-meter LiDAR range versus legacy 30-meter systems
“Historically, LIDARs would only ever be able to see in very low resolution and only out, you know, for many types of hard-to-see objects, only 30, 40 meters at most. You know, here we are showing it at extreme clarity at, like, 250 meters with all the right ch…”
Austin Russell Jan 9, 2024 ▶ 28:14 will.i.am & Austin Russell: Mute the hype, amplify the product | Masters of Scale
Jan 9, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Luminar's LiDAR enables Volvo safety systems to take over steering and braking
“Enables what Volvo calls the invisible shield of safety to where if it senses you're going to get into an accident, the system has the ability to take over the braking system and steering wheel and get you out of that situation.”
Austin Russell Jan 9, 2024 ▶ 30:52 will.i.am & Austin Russell: Mute the hype, amplify the product | Masters of Scale
Jul 16, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Russell: LiDAR safety technology will follow seatbelts into universal regulatory adoption
“You know, you take the Volvo case of, you know, being the first to introduce the modern three-point seatbelt. What, that was like, 1958, 1959, you know, something that ultimately, Obviously got adopted across the broader industry and ultimately became a regula…”
Austin Russell Jul 16, 2024 ▶ 35:52 Austin Russell (with will.i.am): From dropout to billionaire | Masters of Scale
Jul 16, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Russell: Luminar had no website when Volvo first reached out in 2016
“When they, like, they first reached out, we were actually in stealth mode. This is back in 2016. We didn't even have a website. We, there was no information anywhere.”
Austin Russell Jul 16, 2024 ▶ 44:28 Austin Russell (with will.i.am): From dropout to billionaire | Masters of Scale
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