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by tintor 70 days ago
The main reason Tesla's don't have LIDAR is hardware cost and maintenance cost, not improved safety.
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SoftTalker 70 days ago
Maybe also that cars with a LIDAR rig on the roof are appallingly ugly.

Tesla wants to make EVs that look like normal cars (Cybertruck being the oddball here, admittedly).

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throwaway2037 69 days ago
If I recall correctly, Elon chose to avoid LIDAR (in favour of cameras) due to cost, not cosmetics. Am I wrong?
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SoftTalker 69 days ago
I don't know. Cost might have been part of it but I also recall hearing that he thought since humans can drive with two eyes and no LIDAR then the car should be able to do the same thing.
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tintor 65 days ago
It is not about the look. There are small solid state lidars that Tesla could have used.
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