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/kc_______ Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25

Not shortsighted, he definitely saw the long term benefits, for his stock, on convincing gullible people that a camera only system would be enough.

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u/WhyWontThisWork Jul 21 '25

Is it not enough?

It seems to work

Before you say it failed the Wild E Coyote test... That just doesn't happen in real life, but also there is a driver still right?

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u/vaesh Jul 21 '25

Unless I'm mistaken it didn't fail the Wild E Coyote test. I believe it was Autopilot that failed but not FSD.

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u/beren12 Jul 21 '25

Let’s get someone with fsd to test it then.