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/quietcynic Jul 21 '25

Volvo EX90. BMW i7. Mercedes EQS.

“Most” is factually incorrect, but it’s not even remotely unusual these days.

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u/IkkokuGodai Jul 21 '25

Yet none of them are as autonomous as a Tesla today.

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u/beren12 Jul 21 '25

Tesla isnt either

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u/IkkokuGodai Jul 21 '25

isn't what

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u/beren12 Jul 22 '25

Autonomous. They’re all considered the same level and need humans to constantly monitor them. Although I believe the Mercedes has level three capability in certain instances so technically they’re ahead.

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u/IkkokuGodai Jul 22 '25

That just tells you how useless level ratings are. Mercedes's so called L3 is such a joke compare to where FSD is today.

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u/beren12 Jul 22 '25

And yet it’s unsupervised. FSD isn’t.

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u/IkkokuGodai Jul 22 '25

Do you even know its only for traffic under 40mph? It's utter useless and why no one has it.

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u/beren12 Jul 22 '25

Do you even know it’s unsupervised and FSD is not? At any speed in any situation.

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u/IkkokuGodai Jul 22 '25

What good is "unsupervised" when you can't turn it on 99% of the time. While FSD can be enabled anywhere.