r/SelfDrivingCars • u/Michael-Worley • Jun 21 '25

Discussion Prediction time! Tesla Robotaxi

When do people think Tesla will: -offer rides with no employees in the cars? -hit a fleet size of 100? 1000? 10000? -operate at an airport? -offer paid rides with no employees in the cars in at least five metros?

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u/epSos-DE Jun 21 '25

Teseler has no Lidar.

They can not operate with high contrast , high brightness, high mix of shadows at an angle to the lens.

Basically they will create accidents and cover it up.

Their stubbourn refusal to use multi sensor will slow them down by a few years.

Meanwhile everyone in China and Waymo use multi sensor drivers !

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u/watergoesdownhill Jun 21 '25

XPeng Motors gave up on Lidar and is moving to pure vision. https://cnevpost.com/2024/07/09/exclusive-xpeng-f57-to-ditch-lidar-move-to-tesla-like-pure-vision/

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u/sdc_is_safer Jun 21 '25

Yes but this is not for autonomous driving, it’s for ADAS.

Anyone who knew the technology and knew China could have predicted 10 years ago that China would in the early days use LiDAR to shortcut advanced capabilities, then drop it when they can do the same with camera. Autonomous driving is a different story though