[nebula8804]

>(1) the elimination of the radome, (2) the removal of sonar for parking, (3) the removal of turn signal and shifter stalks

Alternative explanation of this is if they have a vision to move users to a self driving future, it makes sense to start slowly transitioning users by eliminating things that don't make sense in that paradigm. If you can save some cost then its a bonus. (Their cars supposedly get ~30% margins so idk if cost was even really a primary rather than a secondary consideration).

[rsynnott]

"You won't need that if the thing that might never exist one day exists, so we're taking it away now" is a truly _deranged_ design philosophy.

[nebula8804]

Why? Thats is SV tech company 101. When Apple does it they call it "courage".

[AlexandrB]

It hits a little different with a $100,000 road missile vs a phone.

[jorvi]

Having radar allows you to do neat tricks like bounce the signal off of the bottom of the car in front of you, meaning your car can detect slowdowns and collisions way ahead of what direct vision can do.

LiDAR similarly augments camera vision to beyond-human capacity.

[bamboozled]

A break peddle in very important while it’s needed. It is needed.