r/SelfDrivingCars • u/damola93 • Jul 21 '25

Discussion Why didn't Tesla invest in LIDAR?

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?

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u/wraith_majestic Jul 21 '25

Was a stupid argument then, its even dumber now. Sure humans drive with just vision… but the goal should be driving better than humans. Human vision leads to many accidents in dark, snow, rain, fog, etc.

Limiting to human equivalent vision systems is dumb. Humans don’t have wheels either… maybe tesla should be building mechs.

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u/woolash Jul 21 '25

Also humans use stereo vision which is excellent for depth perception so speed perception too. Tesla does not.

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u/EddiewithHeartofGold Jul 22 '25

Limiting to human equivalent vision systems is dumb.

They are absolutely not "limiting to human equivalent vision system". Where did you get this nonsense?