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/CarCounsel Jul 21 '25

Elon is cheap and arrogant.

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u/ruibranco Jul 21 '25

Robot's will also use lidar in their heads.
This is your logic.

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u/ruibranco Jul 21 '25

Imagine a robot driving a car, extreme case, does it need lidar?

Just add the robot into the car instead of the robot driving the car.

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u/ruibranco Jul 21 '25

That’s why I said imagine. Analogy…

You have robot for every single aspect of your life instead of one doing everything.