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They would gain a massive fleet of self-driving cars overnight. Remember, Elon doesn’t think like other industrialists. I fully believe that he views profit as
by trevyn 9y ago
They would gain a massive fleet of self-driving cars overnight.
Remember, Elon doesn’t think like other industrialists. I fully believe that he views profit as little more than a tool to reach his other goals.
Also, having worked on autonomous vehicles, my opinion is that LIDAR is really overrated, and if compute power is an issue, that can be a straightforward modular upgrade.
- gamblor956 9y agoHere's the thing: if upgrading the hardware is as straightforward as you say it is, than GM is in a far better position to provide true self-driving in its cars. After all, it's already got the hardware and hardpoints for installing hardware. Swapping out existing LIDAR arrays for newer arrays, or current processors for optimized self-driving processors, would be a piece of cake. Especially with GM's extremely large supply chain, capable of producing more cars in an hour than Tesla can produce in a year, and the corresponding parts for all of those cars.
- bonestamp2 9y ago> LIDAR is really overrated Fair enough, although it does have better range than ultrasonic and it can see through rain/fog/snow better than cameras.
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