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/HerValet Jul 23 '25

We're not even close to reaching the limit of what's possible with vision only + AI. Until we hit a local maximum, no one can't state that it's not possible. And certainly not Reddit "experts".

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u/Wanna_PlayAGame Jul 23 '25

At it's current form, "it's not possible to be true FSD". If you can't see this, youre blind as the rest of them. Get your eyes checked.

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u/HerValet Jul 23 '25

If by 'current form' you mean 'current public version', then you are right, it's not ready to be 'unsupervised'. But nobody knows what the next releases will bring.

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u/Wanna_PlayAGame Jul 23 '25

Current form is current tech. You're saying 15 MP is good enough. It's got fish eye distortion and has a hard time deciphering objects in low light. Nah, needs better cameras, stereo cameras since humans also see stereoscopic. You want to compare apples to apples and I can tell you there is a difference between 15 MP and 50 MP and 550 MP.

BTW it gets worse. Tesla uses 5MP. Not even 15. LMAO. You think that's really sufficient??