Below is one of the comments poster to original article, reading it makes me think that most of the whole article has been regurgitated by some AI:

>"This misleading article contains numerous factual errors regarding automotive lidar. Here are the most glaring:

There are multiple manufacturers, including Hesai, that use mechanical means for at least one scan axis and are already sold for a fraction of the "$10k - $20k" price noted by the author. Luminar itself built this class of scanners before going bankrupt.

Per Microvision's own website, the Movia-S does not use a phased array and also does not have a range anywhere near 200m.

Velodyne and Luminar do not even exist as companies anymore. Both have gone bankrupt and been acquired by competitors."