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You provided no evidence for the hype claim but even then you are contradicting yourself: Statement A: Tesla is just hyping autonomous driving since no technol

You provided no evidence for the hype claim but even then you are contradicting yourself: Statement A: Tesla is just hyping autonomous driving since no technology can deliver fully autonomous driving right now. Statement ~A: Low-cost LIDAR is available to any high-volume customer, of which Tesla is one, given Model 3 demand. And LIDAR can deliver fully autonomous driving. The point simply being, I have a hard time believing that even with good-looking, cheap LIDAR being a possibility, as you claim, Tesla chose to go with an inferior sensor suite, for no apparent reason.

Animats 10y ago
What they're doing now is a minor retrofit to their existing crashes-into-big-solid-objects "autopilot". The Model 3 is at least two years away. By then, the technology should be better. Volvo already has a concealed LIDAR in their self driving car.[1] Volvo will put 100 self-driving cars in the hands of ordinary drivers in Sweden in 2017. This is self-driving by the pros. Makes Tesla look amateurish.[2] And Volvo is way ahead on marketing self-driving.[3] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q00jIBhkq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q00jIBhkq4 [2] http://www.volvocars.com/intl/about/our-innovation-brands/intellisafe/intellisafe-autopilot/drive-me/real-life http://www.volvocars.com/intl/about/our-innovation-brands/in... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDB6fFflTVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDB6fFflTVA