How Does LiDAR Remote Sensing Work? The systems that currently drive robot cars cost upward of US$100,000 per vehicle – not counting the cost of the car itself. Cepton Technologies Inc. has introduced a new light detection and ranging (LiDAR) product targeted for next-generation autonomous vehicles. San Francisco-based Ouster has opened its website to begin selling a laser-based sensor system for self-driving cars to driverless vehicle makers and companies that supply them.