I agree, everyone is using LIDAR in the sensor mix but Tesla. Cameras simple don't work in certain weather conditions like direct low sun light rays eg in the e

I agree, everyone is using LIDAR in the sensor mix but Tesla. Cameras simple don't work in certain weather conditions like direct low sun light rays eg in the evening. Ford, Volvo and others are using two (or more) smaller cheaper ($6k) LIDAR instead of the single big $70k one that everyone remembers from Google cars. And smaller cheaper LIDAR are around the corner. It seems Telsa isn't going the full self-driving long way at the moment but offers some package that doesn't fully deliver and is a risk on the road if the driver uses it in condititions outside of it's limited designated highway-style roads, but in inner cities or country side roads. I am surprised that Google doesn't deliver something or Mercedes who did research since the 1980s and if the other companies take that long, Volvo and other chinese owned car manufacturers will take the lead in the next years.