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The ‘space tax’ on your self-driving car

Written by  Amadi Brians Chinonso Thursday, 08 January 2026 13:00

LiDAR costs, compute power and AI training are the “big three” usually associated with the high cost of autonomous vehicles (AVs).

We rarely look up. But maybe we should. High above the Earth, the ionosphere, a chaotic, sun-charged layer of our atmosphere, is levying an invisible tax on every self-driving car in development. If you […]

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