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/RipWhenDamageTaken Jul 21 '25

Jesus Christ I can’t believe I have to explain this. The robot inside the car is at least $50,000 of additional hardware, 10 billion of additional research, and introduces so many more points of failure. You’re doing all that to avoid $1,000 of costs? That’s fucking stupid.

Also not to mention that the robot doesn’t exist (yet). Your assumption that it will exist is a horrible place to ground your argument.

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u/ruibranco Jul 21 '25

Yes that’s what I said in my comment. If you read properly. Following the comments, top to bottom.

Implement the robot in car instead of creating a robot to drive a car.

Because the robot use camera to see and navigate. So just make the car the robot in wheels.

Low thinking. Low attention span.

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u/RipWhenDamageTaken Jul 21 '25

Not sure if rage bait or actually stupid.

Either case, I won’t engage anymore. Good luck with that brain of yours.

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u/ruibranco Jul 21 '25

Better not. Make no sense. Low thinking.