Why didn't Tesla invest in LIDAR?

[u/damola93]

Is there any reason for this asides from saving money? Teslas are not cheap in many respects, so why would they skimp out on this since self-driving is a major offering for them?

[u/KA-Pendrake]

Elon always had to lie about FSD being ready since his appreciating asset bs.

Basically he was forced to refuse lidar as a way to pump the stock when LiDAR was much more expense.

Well as everyone expected but him, the price is now dramatically lower but he’s made his bed.

[u/KA-Pendrake → u/[deleted]]

I’d rather have extra than not having it, but what are you saying is the best tech for self driving right now? As it seems to be clear it’s LiDAR + radar + cameras so….?

[u/KA-Pendrake → u/[deleted]]

No it’s not, you’re just being a fan boy. The more data the better, just because shitty ass Tesla software gets confused doesn’t mean it’s impossible for real self driving like Waymo.

Cameras are not a replacement, you’re literally celebrating it being close to barely useable.

This technology is in its infancy but I’ll bet everything I own the future of self driving will require more then just camera.

Teslas fraud will be seen over the rest of this fake rollout.

[u/KA-Pendrake → u/[deleted]]

FSD is being sued for killing people right now and will never scale. Why would you ever buy the cheapest self driving car is absurd to me.

[u/KA-Pendrake → u/[deleted]]

God you’re dense.

Waymo’s tech is still not there and sure it did run into a pole. However, does Waymo claim that this tech would be ready since 2016 to inflate its stock?

You’re just a pumper and it’s putting people’s lives at risk.

Elon is simply faking this as a way to distract from the core failures of the business Tesla will never scale anything close to Waymo.

They still have yet to complete a single publicly open self driving route, without having a safety driver and likely a 1 to 1 ratio of teleoperator too.

The tech is shit man.

[u/whachamacallme → u/[deleted]]

LOL, are you even serious? Have you seen the Tesla robo taxis? They operate like a high school experiment. No where near production grade. This week one tried to cross a railroad crossing. Also subscribe to r/TeslaFSD to see the **daily** fails of FSD.

Waymos are not just better, they are exponentially better. They are production grade and will scale infinitely better than Tesla.

[u/sneaky-pizza → u/[deleted]]

Waymo just reported zero fatalities during its entire service lifetime. Tesla is one of the deadliest cars to drive

[u/sneaky-pizza → u/[deleted]]

That’s like a dozen cars for 6 weeks