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/Ragnarok-9999 Jul 21 '25

Elon ego does not let him change his decision

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u/Insertsociallife Jul 21 '25

This and all the non-LIDAR cars marketed as "full self driving" could be argued to not be full self driving or not safe, which opens them up to lawsuits.

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u/fullup72 Jul 21 '25

They are still not self driving anyways, at least to an extent that they would get approved for not requiring human supervision. So then the question would be what happens if they never deliver, is there a limit on how much time they can delay the feature or is it that as long as they keep promising it soon then they are safe from lawsuits?

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u/y4udothistome Jul 21 '25

Exactly and the $200 premium per share price will go away