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by awestroke 1400 days ago
Because it is prohibitively expensive, and you get more data with multiple cameras than with one single lidar
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clouddrover 1400 days ago
It didn't prohibit Mercedes:

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a39966189/2022-mercedes...

https://electrek.co/2022/07/22/mercedes-drive-pilot-review/

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awestroke 1400 days ago
Well yeah, if you double the price of the car you can afford to slap lidar on it. You'll sell fewer cars, however
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clouddrover 1400 days ago
So what's the Model S's and Model X's excuse? They've got the Mercedes EQS price tag but not the equipment.
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awestroke 1400 days ago
Tesla want to offer FSD on their whole lineup, not just in their high end models
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clouddrover 1400 days ago
Ah, I understand. So the Model S and Model X are rip offs.

Better off with the Mercedes EQS. Or the Lucid Air for that matter:

https://www.carscoops.com/2022/02/lucids-lidar-based-dreamdr...

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__m 1400 days ago
Not at night
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dmitriid 1400 days ago
> you get more data with multiple cameras than with one single lidar

Until you're at night in the snow/dirt.

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hoseja 1399 days ago
Yeah, lidar famously deals well with inclement weather and low visibility conditions. Those infrared lasers just punch right through the fog and snowflakes.

Lmao.

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dmitriid 1399 days ago
Ah you decided to be smart and sarcastic, and inadvertently showed just how limited the tech in these "autonomous" cars is.

And that you can't just handwave these problems away.

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