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by WillAdams 361 days ago
Does the Tesla taxi option afford radar/lidar?

My understanding is that Tesla is the only manufacturer trying to make self-driving work with just visual-spectrum cameras --- all other vendors use radar/lidar _and_ visual-spectrum cameras.
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ndsipa_pomu 361 days ago
They've painted themselves into a corner really, as if they start using anything other than just cameras, they'll be on the hook for selling previous cars as being fully FSD-capable and presumably have to retrofit radar/lidar to anyone that was mis-sold a Tesla.
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Zigurd 361 days ago
"an appreciating asset" IIRC
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Zigurd 361 days ago
...and radar and mics and Google's geospatial data and 15 years of experience.
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