[1920musicman]

I know almost nothing about cars and so assumed LiDAR sensors are just prohibitively expensive for Tesla to install in every car. But then years later I learned that every modern iPhone has a LiDAR camera.

Still don't know how to think about this - how is it possible for a phone to have LiDAR (barely utilized) but it's too expensive to have them in such a critical setup as an autonomous vehicle.

[justsomehnguy]

> how is it possible for a phone to have LiDAR

Just like you can have a 50MP camera sensor in the phone: it works? Sure. Is it sufficient to capture the Moon (heh) or something 50-100 meters from you? Not at the quality and performance of professional equipment.

Sure, you can have a matrix of iPhone LIDARs but whould they works at sufficient speed, accuracy, at +40C, at -35?

[manquer]

Why should they need to in a L3 system ?

All L3 systems only operate under known easier conditions. The self driving could turn off in unfavorable conditions .

My car’s lane centering switches off if there is rain or snow obstructing sensor .

[rad_gruchalski]

> But then years later I learned that every modern iPhone has a LiDAR camera.

The iPhone lidar has a range of 5 meters.