LIDAR would help a lot. The radar Tesla's have lacks the angular resolution to distinguish between a stationary object next to the road and a stationary objec

LIDAR would help a lot. The radar Tesla's have lacks the angular resolution to distinguish between a stationary object next to the road and a stationary object in the middle of the road. Tesla claims that CV will eventually pick up the slack, but I'm pretty damn skeptical of that. Consider that Google/Waymo seems a lot more serious about CV research than Tesla, and yet their prototypes all use LIDAR and CV sensor fusion. If Waymo thinks LIDAR is important, why should I trust Tesla when they say it isn't? And remember there is a strong profit motive for Tesla to downplay the necessity of LIDAR: LIDAR is expensive and bulky right now, but Tesla wants to advertise their cars as containing all the hardware necessary for self-driving so they can profit from the automation hype. Waymo uses LIDAR because they're trying to make it function while Tesla scoffs at LIDAR because they're trying to sell cars with hype.