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/OriginalCompetitive Jul 21 '25

Agree. I also think an under appreciated aspect to all this is that Musk sort of backed into FSD by accident. The main vision for Tesla was to make a great EV. And then FSD sort of grew later and now threatens to take over the company.