Comment by brightball
20 days ago
I don't have strong opinion on the technology itself, but what is the price difference? How likely is it to be added to consumer vehicles? Does the technology have to stick out in every direction or can it be better hidden? Are there negative side effects to having roads too full of lidar in terms of signal congestion?
I don't know the answer to any of these but it seems like the camera based approach has some advantages to it as well. Doesn't seem that cut and dry.
The price difference doesn't matter until Tesla can actually do what Waymo does.
I mean…they are doing pretty great with FSD in consumer vehicles with Robotaxi starting to roll out now.
I guess we will see soon.
"they are doing pretty great with FSD in consumer vehicles with Robotaxi starting to roll out now."
There are tons of people suing Tesla over FSD killing people and every Robotaxi needs a "safety driver" ready to take over at all times and even with this they drive much worse than Waymo. You need more accurate data.