[Tempest1981]

I wonder if the concern is that LiDAR looks "ugly" or nerdy on the front of the car. And a bit more aero drag.

[dpiers]

Elon can't afford to put LIDAR on cars and sell them to a large audience. It's still too expensive. So instead, he makes excuses for why they don't do it while rolling out objectively worse perception systems.

[porphyra]

Lidar can be embedded in the headlights or on the rear view mirror; there is no need for ugly protrusions.