Tesla fanboys seem to frequently forget the following facts: * People using lidar also use deep learning. * Lidar and HD maps are totally orthogonal concepts

Tesla fanboys seem to frequently forget the following facts: * People using lidar also use deep learning. * Lidar and HD maps are totally orthogonal concepts with nothing to do with each other. Lidar helps you avoid running into trucks without HD maps. Camera-based methods can use HD maps too. * Lidars are less affected by rain and snow than cameras are (thanks to larger optical aperture, multiple returns, and faster "shutter speed" due to nanosecond pulses rather than 1/30 s exposures). * Tesla's "big data" is not more effective than a concerted active learning data collection campaign with a moderate-sized fleet. * HD maps are very cheap to create. * Lidars may in fact be cheaper than the GPU you're going to need to run your monocular depth network, while being more accurate and more robust.