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Hmm. I can easily see the case of FSD being possible with (supposedly very expensive) LIDAR-enabled Waymo hardware stack, but out of reach with hardware that go
by nopriorarrests 8y ago
Hmm. I can easily see the case of FSD being possible with (supposedly very expensive) LIDAR-enabled Waymo hardware stack, but out of reach with hardware that goes into Tesla model 3.
That what makes this particlar Musk promise so interesting and so challenging. It's too late to change the price or hardware set. He has to deliver with software-only solution...
- toomuchtodo 8y agoNot necessarily. Assume that LIDAR becomes a requirement in the future, while the cost of LIDAR is decreasing very rapidly (a quick Google search will confirm this). The retrofit then becomes much cheaper in the future vs today. It’s similar to how renewable projects are being bid on and sold today, with the price of the power being determined by what the equipment will cost several years in the future when it’s installed.
- nopriorarrests 8y agoRespectfully disagree. While LIDAR price is going down, retroffitting all FSD-enabled cars won't be cheap. It's like a recall, but instead of fixing or changing some part, you need to install new part, do all the wiring (which may include a lot of disassembling and assembling again) and test it. I can easily see 10-20 hours of human labor per car (plus cost of LIDAR itself, of course)