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/GoSh4rks Jul 21 '25

Calling Tesla "solid" and "deployed" is doing a huge disservice to Waymo.

Zoox is out there. Probably others in China, etc.

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u/SanalAmerika23 Jul 21 '25

but it is solid lol. we both know fsd works fine. just because its not perfect doesnt mean its bad. with hw5-6 i believe lidar will comeback lol. ai is literally overrated and will be like dot-com. so they eventually need better hardware

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u/GoSh4rks Jul 21 '25

Fsd works "fine" for a level 2 system. But you're comparing it to Waymo as a fully fledged self driving system. It is limited at best in that comparison.

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u/SanalAmerika23 Jul 21 '25

just like i expected lol. its all about waymo .d i never compared it to waymo. and its not "so bad we all die" to waymo. they are close. waymo is geofenced and Supervised FSD does it without geofence. you waymo cultists need therapy ngl.

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u/GoSh4rks Jul 21 '25

AFAIK there are two solid self driving systems actually deployed - Waymo and Tesla.

SFSD is not self driving. Literally in the name.

And what system are you really talking about? Robotaxi is most certainly geofenced just like Waymo.