German supplier Ibeo will supply lidar systems for an undisclosed automaker in 2014 for about $250 per vehicle, said sales director Mario Brumm.

via Driverless Car Summit Day 2 – LIDAR to Cost $250 by 2014 – Driverless Car HQ.

Schumacher said Continental’s testing revealed a significant weakness. Technology that reads lane markings fails when there are no markings.

Summary of Day 2 of Driverless Car Summit

Traffic fatalities are on the decline (33K in 2010), but the decline is slowing.

93% accidents are caused by human error.

LIDAR cost to go from $70K to $250 (by German supplier Ibeo) by 2014, perhaps bringing the $150K Google car down to $80K

Driver interface still a problem, as are policy, liability, regulation, testing