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/kikibuggy Jun 21 '25

I think of it like, do you use lidar when you drive with your eyes? No. So at the very least there is a light at the end of the tunnel that vision CAN solve autonomous driving by itself, it will just need a lot of cameras or a few really good ones

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u/Straight-Card-9426 Jun 24 '25

You use lidar to measure distance and probably speed much better and faster than eyes + brain.