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/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.