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More sensors might be an advantage but cost is always a factor. The money spent on lidar might be better used on other cameras, CPU/GPU, or even safety feature
by aeternum 6y ago
More sensors might be an advantage but cost is always a factor. The money spent on lidar might be better used on other cameras, CPU/GPU, or even safety features unrelated to self-driving.
- m463 6y agoOr even being able to afford the car with safety features in the first place.
- yyyk 6y agoI don't think it would be expensive, the same economy of scale that affects batteries would affect LIDAR (or any other sensor). Every other company can afford it, most of them without Tesla's valuation. Besides, I don't think that AV companies at the stage where they can optimize for cost. For now they just need to get this thing working, and more data is better. The first winner will get so much cash V2 could then be optimized for cost.
- evgen 6y agoMost people don't remember, but accelerometers used to be very expensive kit if you wanted to equip a drone or robot with one. Why did they get cheap? It wasn't phones, it was automotive airbags. If LIDAR can be made to work effectively then its price will be driven to the floor very quickly simply due to volume of production.